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Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5073

Geochemical Investigation of Source Water to Cave Springs, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada

Table 2. Selected constituents analyzed in water and rock samples collected near Cave Springs at Great Basin National Park, Nevada, and U.S. Geological Survey laboratories used for analysis.

[All analyses completed at U.S. Geological Survey laboratories]

Constituent Water
samples
Rock
samples
Laboratory
Chlorofluorocarbons Yes No Chlorofluorocarbon Laboratory
Dissolved gases Yes No Chlorofluorocarbon Laboratory
Dissolved inorganic carbon Yes No Yucca Mountain Project Environmental Laboratory
Low-level nutrients Yes No National Water Quality Laboratory
Major and trace elements Yes No National Water Quality Laboratory
Stable isotopes carbon Yes Yes1 Yucca Mountain Project Environmental Laboratory
Oxygen No Yes1 Yucca Mountain Project Environmental Laboratory
Hydrogen and oxygen Yes No Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory
Strontium Yes2 Yes Yucca Mountain Project Environmental Laboratory

1 One rock sample of Pole Canyon Limestone.

2 Includes dissolved-strontium concentration in water.

For additional information contact:
Director, Nevada Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
2730 N. Deer Run Road
Carson City, Nevada 89701
http://nevada.usgs.gov/water/

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