Accession Number:

AD0744955

Title:

Potomac River Sediment Study

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE STATION INDIAN HEAD MD

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1972-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

37.0

Abstract:

Analyses of Potomac River sediments for approximately 20 metals have been made using atomic absorption spectrometry. Sample preparation involved extraction with water and nitric acid. The river area surveyed extended from Key Bridge to Piney Point, a distance of 96 river miles. Data are presented for the following metals aluminum, barium, cadmium, calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, lithium, magnesium, manganese, nickel, potassium, silver, strontium, vanadium, and zinc. A few analyses were also made for mercury.

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

  • Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
  • Water Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


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