Evaluation of organic compounds and trace elements in Amazon Creek Basin, Oregon, September 1990
Water-Resources Investigations Report
93-4041
By: F. A. Rinella
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Abstract
Water and bottom sediment were collected from Amazon Creek, Oregon during a summer low-flow condition and analyzed for different classes of organic compounds, including many from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's priority pollutant list. Bottom sediment also was analyzed for trace elements typically associated with urban runoff. Trace-element concentrations in the less than 63 micrometer fraction of Amazon Creek bottom-sediment samples were compared with baseline concentrations (expected 95 percent confidence range) for soils from the Western United States and with concen- trations found in bottom sediment from the Willamette River Basin. Total-digestion concentrations of antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, silver, titanium, and zinc were enriched at some or all sites sampled. Whole-water samples from some sites contained concentrations of several chlorophenoxy-acid herbicides, the organophosphorus insecticide diazinon, and several semivolatile priority pollutants. Classes of compounds not detected in whole-water samples included carbamate insecticides, triazine and other nitrogen-containing herbicides, and purgeable organic compounds. Bottom-sediment samples contained many organochlorine compounds, including chlordane, DDT plus metabolites, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor epoxide (a metabolite of heptachlor), and PCBs at some or all sites sampled. Twenty-four of 54 semivolatile compounds were detected in bottom- sediment samples at some or all sites sampled.
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Rinella, F.A., 1993, Evaluation of organic compounds and trace elements in Amazon Creek Basin, Oregon, September 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4041, vi, 41 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri934041.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Evaluation of organic compounds and trace elements in Amazon Creek Basin, Oregon, September 1990 |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 93-4041 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri934041 |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
| Contributing office(s) | Oregon Water Science Center |
| Description | vi, 41 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |