U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5090

Vertical Distribution of Trace-Element Concentrations and Occurrence of Metallurgical Slag Particles in Accumulated Bed Sediments of Lake Roosevelt, Washington, September 2002

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Table 5. Vertical distribution of major and trace-element concentrations in sediment core subsections from Lake Roosevelt, Washington, September 2002.

[Concentrations of trace elements are given in micrograms per kilogram unless otherwise noted. Abbreviations: cm, centimeter; pCi/g, picoCuries per gram;<, less than; -, no data]

CCR-624
Depth interval (cm)	Cesium-137(pCi/g)	Aluminum	Antimony	Arsenic	Barium	Beryllium	Bismuth	Cadmium	Calcium	Carbonate (percent)	Organic carbon (percent)
0-3	0.15	74,000	2.4	12	840	2.2	0.53	2.2	13,000	0.02	1.4
3-6	-	73,000	3.1	10	820	2.3	.54	2.1	13,000	.03	1.4
9-12	.38	76,000	5.2	14	940	2.5	.67	7.6	11,000	.03	1.6
12-15	.46	75,000	3.3	14	950	2.4	.70	12	11,000	.04	1.6
18-21	-	74,000	4.5	14	960	2.3	.69	10	15,000	.26	1.2
21-24	.73	73,000	4.9	17	1,100	2.3	.74	11	17,000	.36	1.2
27-30	1.6	78,000	5.2	22	1,000	2.1	.82	16	18,000	.39	1.6
30-33	.62	70,000	4.4	13	760	1.9	.56	8.0	16,000	.12	1.6
33-35	.38	69,000	3.3	13	740	1.8	.49	5.4	16,000	.1	1.6
36-39	-	77,000	9.8	9.0	880	2.3	1.5	18	17,000	-	-
39-42	-	80,000	6.9	11	990	2.5	1.9	23	16,000	-	-
42-45	-	94,000	5.6	21	920	2.6	1.4	18	14,000	.13	1.8
45-48	-	81,000	2.9	18	840	2.5	1.1	15	12,000	.06	1.8
Depth interval(cm)	Cerium	Cesium	Chromium	Cobalt	Copper	Gallium	Iron	Lanthanum	Lead	Lithium	Magnesium
0-3	100	6.4	64	16	49	18	46,000	58	90	38	12,000
3-6	110	6.4	62	16	70	19	42,000	65	110	39	12,000
9-12	110	7.1	91	17	74	19	45,000	110	240	42	13,000
12-15	100	7.2	94	16	67	19	43,000	100	280	42	13,000
18-21	100	6.9	74	15	47	18	40,000	76	300	41	15,000
21-24	120	6.7	74	15	51	18	39,000	91	400	40	16,000
27-30	110	6.5	75	18	60	18	44,000	100	540	40	13,000
30-33	84	5.0	50	14	43	17	40,000	57	320	34	11,000
33-35	86	4.6	46	15	37	17	40,000	53	250	30	10,000
36-39	-	6.0	64	17	66	20	48,000	49	600	37	12,000
39-42	-	7.0	80	18	88	20	46,000	58	920	42	14,000
42-45	80	7.6	93	21	86	22	55,000	55	680	45	14,000
45-48	76	7.0	67	19	66	19	48,000	50	450	39	15,000
Depth interval (cm)	Manganese	Mercury	Molybdenum	Nickel	Niobium	Phosphorus	Potassium	Rubidium	Scandium	Selenium	Silver
0-3	1,100	0.16	0.88	36	18	1,200	19,000	110	15	0.34	<3
3-6	910	.17	.69	33	16	960	19,000	110	15	.38	<3
9-12	1,100	1.0	1.1	41	20	1,200	20,000	120	16	.77	<3
12-15	1,100	1.2	1.2	42	18	1,200	21,000	120	15	1.1	<3
18-21	940	.58	1.7	36	18	1,100	21,000	120	14	.63	<3
21-24	970	.84	2.5	37	18	1,300	21,000	120	13	.62	<3
27-30	1,300	1.1	4.5	40	18	1,600	20,000	110	15	.62	<3
30-33	980	.61	2.2	26	15	1,000	16,000	91	15	.35	<3
33-35	960	.47	2.1	25	17	940	16,000	86	14	.24	<3
36-39	1,400	-	4.8	32	20	1,400	19,000	100	16	-	<3
39-42	1,500	-	4.6	39	22	1,400	22,000	120	16	-	<3
42-45	1,500	1.2	2.8	40	22	1,400	25,000	120	19	.75	<3
45-48	1,200	1.0	1.5	33	24	1,100	22,000	110	16	.69	<3
Depth interval (cm)	Sodium	Strontium	Tantalum	Thallium	Thorium	Titanium	Uranium	Vanadium	Ytterbium	Yttrium	Zinc
0-3	13,000	270	1.2	1.0	13	4,400	3.4	120	3.2	42	380
3-6	13,000	260	1.2	1.3	13	4,400	3.1	110	3.2	38	390
9-12	11,000	250	1.7	1.9	13	4,300	3.7	120	4.3	80	680
12-15	11,000	250	1.4	1.7	13	4,200	3.8	110	4.0	78	860
18-21	12,000	260	1.7	1.1	13	4,300	3.4	100	3.2	47	1,000
21-24	12,000	280	1.8	1.1	14	4,200	3.8	100	3.3	54	1,100
27-30	9,500	240	2.1	1.6	13	4,300	5.2	120	4.6	90	1,400
30-33	13,000	260	.65	1.2	11	4,500	3.2	110	3.6	50	730
33-35	14,000	280	1.2	1.0	10	4,600	3.0	120	3.2	44	530
36-39	11,000	230	-	1.2	13	4,800	4.3	130	-	56	1,100
39-42	10,000	230	-	1.7	14	4,500	4.6	120	-	75	1,600
42-45	9,400	210	1.2	1.5	14	4,800	4.1	130	4.0	60	1,400
45-48	11,000	200	1.8	1.1	13	4,900	3.0	110	3.7	48	1,100
CCR-643
Depth interval (cm)	Cesium-137 (pCi/g)	Aluminum	Antimony	Arsenic	Barium	Beryllium	Bismuth	Cadmium	Calcium	Carbonate (percent)	Organic carbon (percent)
0-3	0.19	74,000	3.2	13	1,100	2.3	0.59	2.3	11,000	0.05	1.2
3-6	-	72,000	4.0	11	1,100	2.2	.62	2.6	11,000	.07	1.2
9-12	-	69,000	4.6	15	1,000	2.3	.66	7.7	11,000	.06	1.3
15-18	.58	71,000	3.3	16	1,100	2.2	.68	7.9	12,000	.10	1.1
21-24	-	71,000	4.5	23	1,100	2.1	.86	10	20,000	.54	.98
27-30	.15	83,000	2.8	16	940	2.5	.85	2.8	20,000	.48	.64
33-36	.11	78,000	2.5	14	870	2.6	.82	2.4	19,000	.47	.61
36-39	.10	74,000	2.4	14	870	2.3	.80	2.4	20,000	.50	.56
39-42	-	67,000	2.7	16	870	2.1	.72	4.0	20,000	.49	.67
42-45	.61	70,000	3.7	18	1,000	2.1	.87	7.1	18,000	.38	.75
48-51	1.2	65,000	3.1	16	1,200	2.2	.57	8.0	18,000	.36	1.9
54-57	.98	78,000	7.4	24	1,200	2.1	.97	18	22,000	.68	1.1
Depth interval (cm)	Cerium	Cesium	Chromium	Cobalt	Copper	Gallium	Iron	Lanthanum	Lead	Lithium	Magnesium
0-3	120	6.5	83	16	58	17	41,000	74	94	40	14,000
3-6	110	6.6	80	15	76	17	39,000	74	130	39	14,000
9-12	120	6.3	110	15	76	17	39,000	120	310	37	14,000
15-18	130	6.3	100	15	60	17	38,000	120	280	39	14,000
21-24	120	5.9	85	14	50	17	36,000	96	400	36	16,000
27-30	120	9.3	86	16	41	20	43,000	67	96	46	15,000
33-36	120	9.2	75	16	39	19	41,000	64	78	46	15,000
36-39	130	8.8	72	15	38	18	39,000	73	79	43	15,000
39-42	130	7.1	67	13	37	17	35,000	83	190	37	14,000
42-45	120	5.5	74	13	44	16	34,000	89	380	33	13,000
48-51	100	4.9	68	12	42	15	31,000	88	380	30	13,000
54-57	110	6.6	93	15	73	18	41,000	122	920	41	17,000
Depth interval (cm)	Manganese	Mercury	Molybdenum	Nickel	Niobium	Phos-phorus	Potassium	Rubidium	Scandium	Selenium	Silver
0-3	1,500	0.21	1.4	48	20	1,200	22,000	120	14	0.58	<3
3-6	1,000	.28	1.4	44	19	1,100	22,000	120	13	.54	<3
9-12	1,200	1.3	1.6	47	20	1,400	22,000	110	13	1.0	<3
15-18	990	1.3	1.8	45	19	1,400	22,000	120	13	.84	<3
21-24	790	1.0	3.6	40	20	1,200	22,000	110	12	.70	<3
27-30	850	.14	1.6	41	18	990	26,000	140	16	.35	<3
33-36	840	.10	1.2	40	18	930	25,000	140	14	.31	<3
36-39	840	.10	1.2	38	21	960	24,000	140	14	.38	<3
39-42	740	.34	2.0	35	17	970	21,000	120	12	.40	<3
42-45	760	.86	3.3	37	18	1,200	22,000	110	12	.49	<3
48-51	780	.88	3.9	33	20	1,100	22,000	100	10	.58	<3
54-57	1,100	1.8	9.6	44	19	1,600	23,000	120	14	.76	<3
Depth interval (cm)	Sodium	Strontium	Tantalum	Thallium	Thorium	Titanium	Uranium	Vanadium	Ytterbium	Yttrium	Zinc
0-3	12,000	290	1.3	1.1	14	4,200	3.4	110	2.7	32	330
3-6	12,000	280	1.4	1.5	13	4,200	3.3	100	2.8	35	370
9-12	12,000	280	1.4	1.7	14	4,200	3.7	100	3.9	75	590
15-18	12,000	290	1.4	1.3	14	4,200	3.5	100	3.4	60	710
21-24	12,000	300	1.6	1.0	13	4,200	3.7	98	3.1	52	1,100
27-30	8,900	210	1.4	.88	14	4,300	3.3	110	3.0	38	410
33-36	9,200	210	1.3	.83	14	4,200	3.1	100	3.1	40	360
36-39	9,800	220	2.2	.79	14	4,200	3.2	100	2.9	32	340
39-42	12,000	260	1.7	.85	14	4,200	3.4	90	3.0	38	470
42-45	13,000	330	1.5	1.1	12	4,200	3.7	95	3.0	49	760
48-51	15,000	380	1.1	1.1	12	4,200	4.3	88	3.1	60	770
54-57	9,800	270	1.6	1.6	13	4,200	6.8	120	4.1	92	1,500
CCR-668
Depth interval (cm)	Cesium-137 (pCi/g)	Aluminum	Antimony	Arsenic	Barium	Beryllium	Bismuth	Cadmium	Calcium	Carbonate (percent)	Organic carbon (percent)
0-5	0.16	74,000	2.9	8.3	1,100	2.5	0.44	2.2	20,000	0.23	1.1
5-10	-	73,000	1.9	6.6	1,100	2.3	.30	1.7	22,000	.25	.86
10-15	-	73,000	4.4	8.8	1,100	2.6	.47	3.3	18,000	.25	1.8
20-25	-	73,000	6.4	11	1,200	2.5	.67	5.6	17,000	.12	1.4
30-35	.42	75,000	5.3	12	1,200	2.8	.82	11	17,000	.16	1.5
40-45	-	74,000	4.3	13	1,200	2.8	.75	11	23,000	.47	1.1
45-50	.46	68,000	5.7	17	1,400	2.5	.79	12	34,000	1.1	1.6
60-65	.23	59,000	4.1	12	1,600	2.0	.38	8.8	44,000	1.5	.72
65-70	.77	69,000	6.2	16	1,500	2.7	.81	16	33,000	1.1	1.3
80-85	.31	55,000	6.6	12	1,800	2.0	.89	11	57,000	2.1	1.2
90-95	.38	55,000	7.1	13	1,700	2.0	.88	12	54,000	2.0	1.2
100-105	.34	55,000	6.0	14	1,700	2.1	.92	11	54,000	2.0	1.3
105-110	.28	53,000	3.3	7.3	1,500	1.9	.70	6.8	52,000	1.9	.79
120-125	.54	71,000	4.8	13	1,500	2.5	.56	9.3	33,000	.89	.61
130-135	.76	70,000	9.4	20	1,500	2.4	.74	14	33,000	.96	.65
140-145	.43	44,000	9.9	12	820	1.6	.36	7.4	19,000	.67	.59
150-155	<.01	72,000	2.4	9.7	1,100	2.5	.51	4.6	25,000	.42	.38
155-160	.02	72,000	2.2	13	1,100	2.5	.47	5.1	25,000	.37	.38
160-164	.01	64,000	1.6	7.1	990	2.2	.43	4.2	24,000	.44	.32
Depth interval (cm)	Cerium	Cesium	Chromium	Cobalt	Copper	Gallium	Iron	Lanthanum	Lead	Lithium	Magnesium
0-5	92	4.2	69	14	54	17	38,000	53	86	30	16,000
5-10	92	3.4	76	12	38	16	34,000	52	67	26	15,000
10-15	84	4.5	76	13	92	17	39,000	50	150	31	16,000
20-25	93	4.6	100	15	100	17	41,000	71	290	32	16,000
30-35	98	5.0	110	15	89	18	42,000	75	410	34	17,000
40-45	94	4.8	96	13	62	18	40,000	67	340	33	20,000
45-50	81	4.4	84	13	72	16	42,000	57	480	32	27,000
60-65	76	2.5	57	8.9	52	13	35,000	49	310	20	26,000
65-70	88	4.7	80	13	70	16	42,000	64	580	33	27,000
80-85	69	2.8	67	9.5	72	13	36,000	51	620	23	32,000
90-95	68	2.9	66	9.7	75	13	37,000	50	660	23	30,000
100-105	69	2.8	65	9.8	73	13	38,000	49	560	23	32,000
105-110	61	2.3	56	8.6	52	13	31,000	40	330	20	26,000
120-125	90	4.0	87	13	53	17	38,000	63	460	30	23,000
130-135	92	4.3	72	14	63	16	38,000	64	800	31	24,000
140-145	54	2.4	39	7.6	33	10	22,000	36	440	18	13,000
150-155	98	3.6	78	12	43	16	34,000	60	360	27	17,000
155-160	97	3.7	77	14	42	17	36,000	60	320	28	16,000
160-164	89	3.2	71	13	37	15	33,000	51	250	24	15,000
Depth interval (cm)	Manganese	Mercury	Molybdenum	Nickel	Niobium	Phosphorus	Potassium	Rubidium	Scandium	Selenium	Silver
0-5	790	0.25	1.0	35	27	-	25,000	96	12	0.86	<3
5-10	630	.17	1.0	32	31	1,200	25,000	91	11	.62	<3
10-15	740	.47	1.5	33	30	1,200	24,000	96	12	.86	<3
20-25	740	1.2	1.6	37	35	1,600	25,000	98	13	1.3	5
30-35	660	2.1	1.8	38	30	1,600	25,000	100	13	1.8	<3
40-45	610	1.7	2.0	36	28	1,600	25,000	100	13	1.4	3
45-50	620	1.1	4.4	35	29	1,400	23,000	92	12	1.4	<3
60-65	570	.61	4.1	25	23	1,300	21,000	75	8.6	.74	<3
65-70	680	1.4	4.3	34	31	1,600	23,000	94	12	1.4	4
80-85	600	1.9	8.1	28	23	1,400	20,000	72	8.7	1.2	3
90-95	620	2.1	8.2	29	26	1,400	19,000	73	8.8	1.2	3
100-105	610	1.8	8.4	30	24	1,400	19,000	72	8.7	.94	4
105-110	550	.75	6.3	24	23	1,200	19,000	73	7.4	.62	<3
120-125	700	1.1	4.6	36	29	1,600	25,000	95	12	.97	<3
130-135	740	1.6	8.5	36	29	1,600	24,000	94	12	1.1	3
140-145	430	1.2	4.0	20	17	910	16,000	59	6.9	.52	<3
150-155	650	1.0	2.4	32	29	1,300	26,000	93	11	.69	<3
155-160	670	.92	3.6	34	28	1,400	25,000	94	12	.70	<3
160-164	650	.77	1.9	31	26	1,200	23,000	83	11	.53	3
Depth interval (cm)	Sodium	Strontium	Tantalum	Thallium	Thorium	Titanium	Uranium	Vanadium	Ytterbium	Yttrium	Zinc
0-5	21,000	420	1.5	0.94	14	4,300	3.1	100	2.4	25	320
5-10	22,000	430	1.7	.84	12	4,100	2.3	96	2.2	23	210
10-15	20,000	380	1.6	1.1	12	4,200	3.5	100	2.7	29	530
20-25	19,000	390	2.0	1.8	13	3,800	3.7	110	3.8	50	550
30-35	20,000	400	1.7	1.4	14	4,500	3.9	110	3.5	51	900
40-45	19,000	390	1.6	1.0	14	4,400	3.5	100	3.2	42	1,000
45-50	19,000	380	1.6	1.1	12	4,000	4.0	100	3.1	36	1,200
60-65	21,000	440	1.3	.89	11	3,200	3.8	78	2.2	27	1,200
65-70	18,000	370	1.6	1.2	13	4,000	4.1	100	3.3	42	1,500
80-85	18,000	400	1.3	1.0	9.8	3,100	5.0	88	3.0	34	1,300
90-95	17,000	390	1.3	1.1	9.8	3,100	4.9	88	2.6	35	1,400
100-105	18,000	420	1.4	1.0	9.7	3,000	4.9	88	2.3	32	1,300
105-110	17,000	450	1.2	1.1	8.7	2,800	4.5	77	1.9	23	1,100
120-125	20,000	420	1.6	1.0	13	4,100	4.3	110	2.9	44	940
130-135	19,000	390	1.6	1.4	14	4,100	5.8	110	3.1	45	1,400
140-145	13,000	270	1.0	.66	7.8	2,400	2.9	64	1.8	22	700
150-155	22,000	440	1.6	.87	13	4,000	2.9	98	2.8	33	450
155-160	22,000	430	1.6	.85	13	4,400	2.8	100	3.3	35	500
160-164	20,000	400	1.4	.74	12	3,800	2.4	92	2.1	25	380
CCR-692
Depth interval (cm)	Cesium-137(pCi/g)	Aluminum	Antimony	Arsenic	Barium	Beryllium	Bismuth	Cadmium	Calcium	Carbonate (percent)	Organic carbon (percent)
0-2	0.46	63,000	5.7	9.2	1,200	2.3	0.80	3.7	21,000	0.42	2.8
2-4	-	61,000	5.5	10	1,200	2.1	.57	3.5	28,000	.80	2.4
6-8	.21	49,000	6.1	5.6	1,400	1.8	.19	3.6	51,000	2.0	0.6
10-12	.11	59,000	10	7.2	1,400	1.9	.24	2.9	34,000	.91	0.6
14-16	.22	60,000	9.9	7.6	1,300	2.0	.27	3.0	30,000	.74	0.8
18-20	.30	62,000	12	11	1,200	2.4	.64	4.8	24,000	.44	2.6
22-24	.32	61,000	18	15	1,200	2.4	.60	5.8	22,000	.29	4.0
26-28	.88	64,000	15	17	1,200	2.2	.70	8.4	20,000	.22	2.8
30-32	-	63,000	17	18	1,200	2.4	.86	11	18,000	.20	2.8
32-34	.46	64,000	10	14	1,200	2.3	.73	12	18,000	.21	2.6
34-36	-	63,000	8.0	12	1,200	2.2	.61	10	22,000	.38	2.1
36-38	.60	60,000	6.8	9.4	1,200	2.1	.43	7.6	25,000	.42	1.6
Depth interval (cm)	Cerium	Cesium	Chromium	Cobalt	Copper	Gallium	Iron	Lanthanum	Lead	Lithium	Magnesium
0-2	100	5.0	66	12	87	15	37,000	75	170	32	16,000
2-4	100	4.2	64	12	94	15	35,000	70	190	30	18,000
6-8	84	1.8	44	7.2	82	12	25,000	53	210	17	26,000
10-12	100	1.9	56	8.8	130	14	29,000	68	150	18	16,000
14-16	88	2.8	58	9.9	140	14	30,000	66	170	21	15,000
18-20	120	4.4	74	14	190	15	39,000	94	260	31	16,000
22-24	110	4.5	79	15	240	15	40,000	95	290	32	14,000
26-28	110	4.7	92	13	250	16	39,000	130	420	34	13,000
30-32	110	5.4	110	12	220	16	40,000	160	610	36	14,000
32-34	130	4.9	99	12	160	16	39,000	150	540	33	14,000
34-36	110	4.2	81	11	140	15	38,000	110	440	30	15,000
36-38	100	3.3	66	9.9	140	14	42,000	92	380	24	14,000
Depth interval (cm)	Manganese	Mercury	Molybdenum	Nickel	Niobium	Phosphorus	Potassium	Rubidium	Scandium	Selenium	Silver
0-2	770	0.55	2.2	35	21	1,400	19,000	97	11	0.86	<3
2-4	700	.27	3.8	32	19	1,300	19,000	91	9.9	.93	<3
6-8	530	.19	7.6	20	16	1,200	17,000	72	6.3	.54	<3
10-12	580	.18	3.6	21	18	1,400	20,000	81	7.5	.54	<3
14-16	600	.24	3.3	23	17	1,200	20,000	86	7.8	.69	<3
18-20	770	.43	3.0	35	23	1,400	19,000	94	10	1.3	4
22-24	820	.66	2.7	34	22	1,500	18,000	92	11	1.4	5
26-28	720	1.4	3.0	36	22	1,500	20,000	94	11	1.6	4
30-32	730	2.3	2.6	38	21	1,700	19,000	100	11	2.1	8
32-34	700	2.0	2.4	38	21	1,600	20,000	98	11	2.2	<3
34-36	670	1.9	3.4	34	20	1,500	20,000	95	9.9	1.8	<3
36-38	780	1.2	4.3	26	18	1,400	20,000	88	8.5	1.3	<3
Depth interval (cm)	Sodium	Strontium	Tantalum	Thallium	Thorium	Titanium	Uranium	Vanadium	Ytterbium	Yttrium	Zinc
0-2	17,000	440	1.4	0.89	12	4,100	4.7	87	2.8	33	630
2-4	17,000	470	1.2	.92	12	4,100	5.0	83	2.4	30	730
6-8	18,000	520	1.5	.75	9.8	4,000	4.6	58	1.7	20	970
10-12	20,000	600	1.2	.95	9.9	4,000	3.5	65	2.1	27	960
14-16	20,000	590	1.0	1.1	10	4,000	3.8	63	2.0	32	980
18-20	17,000	480	1.5	1.5	13	4,100	4.9	87	2.9	41	1,000
22-24	16,000	460	1.3	1.8	12	4,100	5.9	88	3.0	48	1,200
26-28	15,000	440	1.5	1.8	12	4,200	5.2	93	4.0	78	1,200
30-32	15,000	420	1.4	1.5	13	4,100	5.5	100	4.4	100	1,300
32-34	16,000	450	1.3	1.5	13	4,100	5.1	89	3.8	78	1,300
34-36	18,000	500	1.3	1.2	13	4,100	4.9	84	3.0	56	1,400
36-38	19,000	520	1.2	.86	27	4,100	6.8	80	2.6	43	2,200
CCR-705
Depth interval (cm)	Cesium-137(pCi/g)	Aluminum	Antimony	Arsenic	Barium	Beryllium	Bismuth	Cadmium	Calcium	Carbonate (percent)	Organic carbon (percent)
0-2	-	81,000	5.6	9.8	1,200	2.6	0.72	5.2	18,000	0.13	1.7
2-4	0.55	81,000	6.7	11	1,200	2.4	.70	6.5	18,000	.14	1.5
6-8	.72	81,000	6.1	13	1,400	2.5	.73	11	23,000	.37	1.2
14-16	.92	77,000	9.6	16	1,700	2.6	.80	15	33,000	.96	1.1
18-20	1.2	72,000	11	20	1,800	2.3	.82	18	40,000	1.4	.91
22-24	.04	84,000	5.2	11	1,400	2.6	.54	7.3	36,000	.87	.72
26-28	.03	75,000	1.9	5.4	1,100	2.2	.30	2.8	31,000	.70	.68
30-32	<.01	40,000	.98	2.1	580	1.3	.19	1.4	16,000	.68	.63
34-36	.16	59,000	1.1	3.6	870	1.9	.19	1.5	23,000	.54	.69
36-38	.19	77,000	1.7	4.4	1,100	2.3	.26	1.6	26,000	.40	.72
40-42	<.01	76,000	6.1	18	1,100	2.6	1.3	16	23,000	.47	2.3
42-44	.02	54,000	3.5	15	760	1.8	.88	10	14,000	.20	4.9
44-46	<.01	55,000	1.5	6.7	750	1.7	.30	2.7	13,000	.02	6.8
46-49	-	57,000	1.7	6.5	780	1.7	.41	4.2	15,000	.08	6.3
RSS-743	-	27,000	160	28	2,800	1.1	<0.005	0.004	99,000	-	-
Depth interval (cm)	Cerium	Cesium	Chromium	Cobalt	Copper	Gallium	Iron	Lanthanum	Lead	Lithium	Magnesium
0-2	93	5.1	94.1	14	91	18	44,000	60	260	32	16,000
2-4	96	4.9	106	14	100	18	44,000	68	350	33	16,000
6-8	93	4.6	108	14	79	18	43,000	69	500	31	18,000
14-16	90	4.6	100	13	68	17	43,000	67	680	32	25,000
18-20	86	4.2	92.6	12	67	16	42,000	64	850	30	27,000
22-24	93	4.4	91.5	14	59	19	43,000	57	450	35	21000
26-28	90	3.8	79.6	13	37	18	37,000	51	200	31	17,000
30-32	48	2.0	41.3	6.3	18	9.2	19,000	29	85	17	9,200
34-36	72	2.5	54.7	8.2	29	13	25,000	42	86	21	12,000
36-38	77	3.2	65.3	11	26	16	30,000	45	90	25	13,000
40-42	86	4.8	89.7	12	74	18	34,000	65	850	34	19,800
42-44	75	4.5	56.2	9.8	52	12	22,000	61	500	28	11,000
44-46	47	3.6	49.1	6.5	32	12	20,000	30	61	22	7,500
46-49	56	3.7	53.9	6.7	37	13	22,000	35	130	22	8,700
RSS-743	47	0.78	250	88	3,600	35	320,000	25	400	18	8,300
Depth interval (cm)	Manganese	Mercury	Molybdenum	Nickel	Niobium	Phosphorus	Potassium	Rubidium	Scandium	Selenium	Silver
0-2	1,000	0.93	1.6	37	36.1	1,600	27,000	110	13	1.1	5
2-4	860	1.2	1.6	37	35.9	1,700	27,000	100	13	1.2	4
6-8	700	2.2	2.8	37	34.9	1,800	28,000	100	13	1.5	<3
14-16	720	2.0	7.3	36	33.2	2,100	26,000	100	13	1.4	7
18-20	750	1.8	9.1	36	31.4	2,100	25,000	95	12	1.4	3
22-24	750	.88	4.0	39	36.7	1,400	29,000	110	14	.54	<3
26-28	690	.47	1.7	34	33.7	1,200	27,000	99	12	.55	<3
30-32	380	.46	.71	18	16.0	650	14,000	50	6.3	.38	<3
34-36	540	.29	.86	22	24.8	970	21,000	72	8.8	.34	<3
36-38	570	.23	1.3	28	29.0	1,100	28,000	90	11	.41	<3
40-42	530	2.8	7.0	35	32.7	1,600	26,000	110	13	1.4	<3
42-44	380	1.5	5.9	28	19.81	1,200	17,000	91	9.0	1.9	<3
44-46	310	.14	2.2	19	19.2	1,100	18,000	79	8.6	2.4	<3
46-49	350	.38	2.4	21	21.1	1,200	18,000	82	9.1	2.2	<3
RSS-743	5,400	-	54	26	5.0	570	4,800	20	6.2	-	9
Depth interval (cm)	Sodium	Strontium	Tantalum	Thallium	Thorium	Titanium	Uranium	Vanadium	Ytterbium	Yttrium	Zinc
0-2	18,000	430	1.9	1.3	14	4,200	3.6	110	2.9	35	560
2-4	19,000	440	1.8	1.4	14	4,100	3.7	110	3.2	46	640
6-8	19,000	450	2.6	1.4	13	4,200	3.8	110	3.1	47	960
14-16	18,000	420	2.0	1.4	13	4,100	5.5	120	3.2	48	1,400
18-20	16,000	400	2.0	1.5	12	3,800	6.5	110	3.2	48	1,600
22-24	20,000	500	2.1	1.0	14	4,400	3.4	120	2.6	32	740
26-28	19,000	480	1.9	.71	13	4,100	2.5	98	2.2	24	300
30-32	11,000	260	1.0	.38	7.4	2,100	1.4	51	1.2	13	150
34-36	18,000	420	1.3	.50	10	3,100	1.9	69	1.7	18	160
36-38	22,000	530	1.5	.74	11	3,800	2.3	90	2.2	22	170
40-42	17,000	400	1.8	1.3	13	4,000	6.0	110	3.2	49	1,200
42-44	12,000	310	1.3	.81	11	4,000	9.5	72	2.6	36	770
44-46	12,000	310	1.1	.62	8.6	2,500	13	62	1.9	19	180
46-49	12,000	310	1.2	.69	9.4	2,700	14	67	2.3	21	300
RSS-743	2,900	430	-	0.02	7.3	3,600	6.2	50	-	23	25,000
CSA-8
Depth interval (cm)	Cesium-137(pCi/g)	Aluminum	Antimony	Arsenic	Barium	Beryllium	Bismuth	Cadmium	Calcium	Carbonate (percent)	Organic carbon (percent)
0-3	0.17	84,000	2.6	20	770	2.8	1.1	7.0	9,800	0.06	2.4
3-6	-	78,000	1.9	18	730	2.6	1.1	5.7	12,000	.11	1.9
6-9	-	85,000	2.6	20	760	2.7	1.1	7.8	9,200	.04	2.4
9-12	.32	76,000	8.0	24	790	2.4	.81	10	8,900	.04	2.4
15-18	.25	81,000	2.4	20	710	2.7	1.2	14	11,000	.05	1.9
21-24	.29	74,000	2.3	19	700	2.6	.94	13	13,000	.07	1.6
27-30	.36	74,000	2.8	17	700	2.5	.95	21	12,000	.05	1.8
33-36	.33	74,000	3.0	13	700	2.5	1.2	18	13,000	.05	1.7
39-42	.2	70,000	2.0	11	660	2.2	.96	8.0	15,000	.09	1.3
45-48	.24	70,000	2.1	13	660	2.2	1.9	8.0	15,000	.09	1.4
51-54	.24	71,000	2.1	12	680	2.2	1.2	7.6	15,000	.09	1.5
57-60	.33	72,000	2.4	13	690	2.5	1.5	14	13,000	.06	1.7
63-66	1.1	83,000	5.7	34	740	2.7	1.3	14	10,200	.03	2.2
69-72	.36	73,000	3.2	20	740	2.4	2.0	7.0	11,000	.03	1.2
75-78	.34	72,000	2.7	16	710	2.3	2.2	18	12,000	.06	1.6
78-81	-	74,000	2.2	10	650	2.1	.84	9.5	15,000	.07	1.5
81-84	.31	72,000	2.2	12	690	2.6	1.8	8.8	15,000	.07	1.5
86-90	-	78,000	2.8	13	700	2.3	1.4	10	14,000	.06	1.7
Depth interval (cm)	Cerium	Cesium	Chromium	Cobalt	Copper	Gallium	Iron	Lanthanum	Lead	Lithium	Magnesium
0-3	82	9.2	64	17	44	20	50,000	41	140	45	13,000
3-6	77	7.8	55	15	40	19	43,000	40	88	39	13,000
6-9	77	8.8	63	16	48	21	50,000	41	140	45	12,000
9-12	69	8.0	64	16	53	20	45,000	36	130	42	12,000
15-18	76	7.5	58	16	46	20	42,000	40	110	40	12,000
21-24	76	6.6	49	13	34	18	37,000	40	92	34	12,000
27-30	75	6.7	51	14	38	18	39,000	40	110	35	12,000
33-36	80	6.7	51	14	34	18	38,000	42	100	34	12,000
39-42	76	5.8	42	12	29	16	34,000	40	72	30	11,000
45-48	82	6.0	46	12	31	16	35,000	43	74	30	11,000
51-54	82	6.2	35	12	31	16	35,000	43	69	32	11,000
57-60	74	6.4	48	13	36	17	36,000	39	86	34	11,000
63-66	80	7.7	60	18	51	20	46,000	43	140	41	11,000
69-72	80	7.0	50	13	38	17	37,000	43	210	34	11,000
75-78	81	6.5	51	14	36	18	38,000	43	100	34	12,000
78-81	75	6.1	54	13	31	17	36,000	38	87	32	9,700
81-84	78	6.4	48	12	32	17	36,000	41	79	33	12,000
86-90	73	6.6	49	13	36	18	38,000	38	83	33	12,000
Depth interval (cm)	Manganese	Mercury	Molybdenum	Nickel	Niobium	Phosphorus	Potassium	Rubidium	Scandium	Selenium	Silver
0-3	1,600	0.10	0.75	28	23	1,300	22,000	120	17	0.65	<3
3-6	930	.08	.65	25	18	1,000	22,000	110	16	.39	<3
6-9	1,200	.11	.80	30	23	1,400	22,000	120	18	.82	<3
9-12	940	.25	1.2	29	22	1,300	20,000	110	16	.69	<3
15-18	860	.15	.86	26	21	1,100	21,000	110	15	.74	<3
21-24	750	.15	.65	21	20	990	21,000	100	14	.46	<3
27-30	840	.19	.66	23	19	1,200	21,000	100	14	.68	<3
33-36	790	.18	.56	22	20	1,200	21,000	100	14	.38	<3
39-42	670	.09	.55	18	19	980	21,000	94	13	.40	<3
45-48	680	.09	.61	19	18	1,000	21,000	94	13	.40	<3
51-54	640	.09	.71	19	19	970	21,000	96	13	.64	<3
57-60	720	.14	.55	21	16	1,000	20,000	99	13	.49	<3
63-66	980	.30	.86	28	20	1,300	21,000	120	17	.52	<3
69-72	680	.13	.65	20	20	890	24,000	120	13	.42	<3
75-78	820	.19	.64	22	18	1,200	22,000	100	14	.42	<3
78-81	730	.10	.79	21	15	1,100	22,000	100	14	.46	<3
81-84	690	.10	.65	20	15	1,000	21,000	99	13	.32	<3
86-90	730	.13	.82	22	22	1,000	22,000	120	17	.65	<3
Depth interval (cm)	Sodium	Strontium	Tantalum	Thallium	Thorium	Titanium	Uranium	Vanadium	Ytterbium	Yttrium	Zinc
0-3	8,700	140	1.7	0.88	14	5,400	6.4	100	3.8	32	1,200
3-6	11,000	170	1.1	.76	13	5,300	5.7	98	3.4	29	950
6-9	8,600	140	1.8	.89	13	5,400	6.0	110	3.6	32	1,200
9-12	8,300	130	1.8	.81	12	4,900	6.4	97	3.1	28	1,600
15-18	12,000	170	1.5	1.0	12	5,200	5.6	95	3.4	31	1,500
21-24	15,000	210	1.3	.84	11	5,100	4.4	86	3.6	28	1,200
27-30	14,000	200	.96	.92	11	5,100	4.1	89	3.1	28	1,600
33-36	15,000	210	1.3	.83	12	5,300	4.0	88	3.2	28	1,400
39-42	16,000	240	1.5	.67	11	5,300	3.6	85	3.1	26	930
45-48	16,000	230	1.2	.64	12	5,200	3.5	86	3.0	26	960
51-54	15,000	230	1.4	.66	12	5,200	3.4	84	3.0	26	890
57-60	14,000	210	1.0	.73	11	5,100	3.6	85	3.1	26	1,300
63-66	9,700	160	1.6	1.0	13	5,500	4.8	98	3.7	34	1,500
69-72	12,000	210	1.4	.76	12	4,600	3.3	85	2.9	26	980
75-78	14,000	200	1.0	.86	12	5,000	4.1	88	3.2	27	1,400
78-81	12,000	220	.61	.66	11	4,300	3.2	89	2.6	25	1,100
81-84	16,000	230	1.0	.73	12	5,200	3.6	86	3.2	27	1,000
86-90	15,000	220	1.5	.73	11	5,200	3.3	88	3.0	27	1,100

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