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Structural study of humic substances: New approaches and methods Structural study of humic substances: New approaches and methods
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Authors
E.M. Thurman, R.L. Malcom
Terpenoid marker compounds derived from biogenic precursors in volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens, Washington Terpenoid marker compounds derived from biogenic precursors in volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens, Washington
A volcanic-ash sample obtained after the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington, was analyzed for cyclic terpenoid organic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-computer techniques. Various tricyclic diterpenoid acids and hydrocarbons were identified including dehydroabietic acid, dehydroabietin, dehydroabietane...
Authors
W. E. Pereira, Colleen E. Rostad
Simulation of solute transport in a mountain pool-and-riffle stream with a kinetic mass transfer model for sorption Simulation of solute transport in a mountain pool-and-riffle stream with a kinetic mass transfer model for sorption
In natural channels there are often long periods of low flow during which solutes have repeated opportunity for contact with relatively immobile bed materials. Such conditions can exist in very small pool-and-riffle mountain streams. If a solute can sorb onto bed materials, then both hydrodynamic and chemical processes control solute transport. A simulation of these processes is...
Authors
Kenneth E. Bencala
Methanogenesis of phenolic compounds by a bacterial consortium from a contaminated aquifer in St. Louis Park, Minnesota Methanogenesis of phenolic compounds by a bacterial consortium from a contaminated aquifer in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
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Authors
E.M. Godsy, D.F. Goerlitz, G. G. Ehrlich
Clay mineral formation and transformation in rocks and soils Clay mineral formation and transformation in rocks and soils
Three mechanisms for clay mineral formation (inheritance, neoformation, and transformation) operating in three geological environments (weathering, sedimentary, and diagenetic-hydrothermal) yield nine possibilities for the origin of clay minerals in nature. Several of these possibilities are discussed in terms of the rock cycle. The mineralogy of clays neoformed in the weathering...
Authors
D. D. Eberl
Ultrastructural changes in the hepatocytes of juvenile rainbow trout and mature brown trout exposed to copper or zinc Ultrastructural changes in the hepatocytes of juvenile rainbow trout and mature brown trout exposed to copper or zinc
Morphological changes in hepatocytes of mature brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus) and juvenile rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri Richardson), accompanying chronic exposures to copper and zinc, were examined by transmission electron microscopy. At a concentration of copper not inhibitory to the final stages of gonadal development or spawning of brown trout, structural alterations included...
Authors
H.V. Leland
Gas-film coefficients for streams Gas-film coefficients for streams
Equations for predicting the gas-film coefficient for the volatilization of organic solutes from streams are developed. The film coefficient is a function of windspeed and water temperature. The dependence of the coefficient on windspeed is determined from published information on the evaporation of water from a canal. The dependence of the coefficient on temperature is determined from...
Authors
R. E. Rathbun, D. Y. Tai
Variable tolerance to copper in two species from San Francisco Bay Variable tolerance to copper in two species from San Francisco Bay
In static toxicity experiments, tolerance to soluble Cu of the bivalve, Macoma balthica, and the copepod, Acartia clausi, varied substantially among populations sampled within San Francisco Bay. Intraspecific tolerance differed ten-fold or more for both species over relatively small distances, suggesting geographical isolation of populations is not a prerequisite for the development of
Authors
Samuel N. Luoma, D.J. Cain, K. Ho, A. Hutchinson
Nonequilibrium models for predicting forms of precipitated manganese oxides Nonequilibrium models for predicting forms of precipitated manganese oxides
Manganese oxides precipitated by bubbling air through 0.01 molar solutions of MnCl2, Mn(NO3)2, MnSO4, or Mn(ClO4)2 at a constantly maintained pH of 8.5 to 9.5 at temperatures of 25°C or higher consisted mainly of hausmannite, Mn3O4. At temperatures near 0°C, but with other conditions the same, the product is feitknechtite, βMnOOH, except that if the initial solution is MnSO4 and the...
Authors
J.D. Hem, Carol J. Lind
Partition equilibriums of nonionic organic compounds between soil organic matter and water Partition equilibriums of nonionic organic compounds between soil organic matter and water
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Authors
Cary T. Chiou, Paul E. Porter, David W. Schmedding
Bioavailability of trace metals to aquatic organisms — A review Bioavailability of trace metals to aquatic organisms — A review
No abstract available.
Authors
Samuel N. Luoma
A reexamination of the effects of adsorbates on the Raman spectrum of gibbsite A reexamination of the effects of adsorbates on the Raman spectrum of gibbsite
Previous workers have attributed substantial changes in the Raman intensities of the OH stretching bands in solid, powdered gibbsite of surface area 10 m2/g to surface interactions with the adsorbates 093Ca2+,HxPO43x- and SiO2.xH2O. These changes apparently resulted from an unsatisfactory Raman measurement procedure as a re-examination using an internal intensity standard (Na2C2O4...
Authors
K.W. Cunningham, M. C. Goldberg