Hydrogeochemical data from an acidic deposition study at McDonalds Branch basin in the New Jersey Pinelands, 1983-86

D. G. Lord; J. L. Barringer; P.A. Johnsson; P. F. Schuster; R.L. Walker; J.E. Fairchild; B.N. Sroka; Eric Jacobsen

doi:10.3133/ofr88500

Hydrogeochemical data from an acidic deposition study at McDonalds Branch basin in the New Jersey Pinelands, 1983-86

Open-File Report 88-500

By: D. G. Lord, J. L. Barringer, P.A. Johnsson, P. F. Schuster, R.L. Walker, J.E. Fairchild, B.N. Sroka, and Eric Jacobsen

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr88500

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Abstract

Data from a 1983-86 acidic-deposition study at McDonalds Branch basin, a small (2.35-sq-mi) forested watershed in Lebanon State Forest, New Jersey include mineralogy of soil and depositional clays; physical and chemical analyses of soils; hydrologic measurements (precipitation and throughfall amounts, stream stage and discharge, and water-table altitudes); and water quality data from precipitation, throughfall, soil water, surface water, and groundwater. Site locations, collector designs, and well- construction data also are presented. The pH of bulk precipitation to McDonalds Branch basin over the sampling period (January 1985 to March 1986) ranged from 4.0 to 4.7, with a mean of approximately 4.3. Stream pH ranged from 3.2 to 4.8 and generally increased in a downstream direction. In general sulfate was the dominant anion throughout the basin. Aluminum concentrations commonly were elevated in surface and groundwaters, and were as high as 10,000 micrograms/L at one upstream site on McDonalds Branch. Dissolved organic carbon was an important component of stream waters in some locations and ranged in concentration from 1/1 to 37 mg/L. (USGS)

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Lord, D.G., Barringer, J.L., Johnsson, P., Schuster, P., Walker, R., Fairchild, J., Sroka, B., Jacobsen, E., 1990, Hydrogeochemical data from an acidic deposition study at McDonalds Branch basin in the New Jersey Pinelands, 1983-86: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-500, vi, 132 p. :ill. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr88500.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Hydrogeochemical data from an acidic deposition study at McDonalds Branch basin in the New Jersey Pinelands, 1983-86
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	88-500
DOI	10.3133/ofr88500
Year Published	1990
Language	ENGLISH
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey ; Books and Open-File Reports Section [distributor],
Description	vi, 132 p. :ill. ;28 cm.