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Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5057

Tritium/Helium-3 Apparent Ages of Shallow Ground Water, Portland Basin, Oregon, 1997–98

Table 1. Tritium, helium, and neon data, and tritium/helium-3 apparent ages for water from monitoring wells, Portland basin, Oregon, 1997–98.

[Local park or property name: Name of City of Portland park or property where well is located. Sample date presented in month/day/year. Helium-4 and Neon in cubic centimeters per 108 grams water at standard temperature and pressure. Helium-3 reported in percent (%) using standard delta notation. –, not analyzed in replicate]

Site No. Site name Local park or property name Sample date Tritum (tritium units) Helium-4 Delta-Helium-3 (percent) Neon Apparent age (years)
Environmental Data
453523122433001 01N/01E-07AAC North Gate 10/20/1997 4.03 5.95 -4.07 25.92 (1)
04/09/1998 3.85 5.90 -3.72 24.46 (2)
453515122420301 01N/01E-09BCB Trenton 10/10/1997 8.59 5.74 4.90 22.86 7.1
04/06/1998 8.65 5.76 8.24 22.72 9.0
453458122412201 01N/01E-09DBB Kenton 10/09/1997 8.31 5.48 0.05 22.36 3.8
04/07/1998 8.79 6.88 2.18 25.08 9.6
453447122401501 01N/01E-10CDA Faragut 10/08/1997 8.88 5.44 -0.62 21.01 6.3
04/08/1998 8.06 5.45 -1.59 20.97 6.5
453356122372401 01N/01E-13DDB Fernhill 10/22/1997 7.04 5.18 -3.90 21.24 2.4
04/20/1998 6.71 5.05 -2.89 20.78 3.3
453419122391501 01N/01E-14BDB Woodlawn 10/23/1997 7.79 6.25 -14.33 22.81 1.1
04/22/1998 6.48 5.64 -10.64 21.42 2.6
453317122384101 01N/01E-23DAB Vernon Tanks 10/24/1997 8.74 7.16 -21.31 22.05 5.6
04/23/1998 7.98 7.13 -22.61 21.62 6.1
453037122373701 01S/01E-01ACA Sunnyside 10/06/1997 13.64 5.90 72.87 22.16 20.2
04/15/1998 12.69 5.84 74.84 22.16 21.2
453032122385201 01S/01E-02DBC Ladd 10/07/1997 2.17 6.43 2.19 23.31 (3)
04/16/1998 2.24 6.46 1.71 23.36 (4)
452950122382001 01S/01E-12CBB Powell 10/21/1997 14.33 7.24 9.24 22.15 13.2
04/21/1998 12.31 7.61 11.18 21.89 16.8
452927122374501 01S/01E-12DCC Kenilworth 10/17/1997 7.37 5.90 8.36 23.24 10.2
04/01/1998 6.26 5.93 4.32 23.54 8.8
452807122392901 01S/01E-23CBA Sellwood 10/16/1997 6.85 5.83 8.09 24.40 7.0
04/02/1998 6.14 5.94 6.31 24.90 6.2
Replicate Data (in addition to environmental analyses above)
453523122433001 01N/01E-07AAC North Gate 04/09/1998 3.83 5.88 -3.26 24.37 (5)
04/09/1998 5.98 -5.04 24.58 (6)
453356122372401 01N/01E-13DDB Fernhill 04/20/1998 5.10 -3.66 20.70 3.6
453037122373701 01S/01E-01ACA Sunnyside 10/06/1997 13.53 5.85 71.05 21.97 20.0
453032122385201 01S/01E-02DBC Ladd 10/07/1997 2.12 6.48 2.01 23.33 (7)
04/16/1998 6.51 1.32 23.36 (8)
04/16/1998 2.26 6.41 3.11 23.42 (9)
04/16/1998 6.46 2.55 23.46 (10)
452950122382001 01S/01E-12CBB Powell 04/21/1998 11.71 7.60 9.11 21.81 16.9

1Degassing during sampling; apparent age of -16.3 years reflects degassing.

2Degassing during sampling; apparent age of -1.2 years reflects degassing.

3Apparent age 24.8 years, but affected by mixing

4Apparent age 24.2 years, but affected by mixing.

5Degassing during sampling; apparent age of -0.4 years reflects degassing.

6Degassing during sampling; apparent age of -2.4 years reflects degassing.

7Apparent age 25.4 years, but affected by mixing.

8Apparent age 24.5 years, but affected by mixing.

9Apparent age 24.2 years, but affected by mixing.

10Apparent age 24.3 years, but affected by mixing.

For additional information contact:
Director, Oregon Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
2130 SW 5th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 98402
http://or.water.usgs.gov

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