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An empirical model for estimating phytoplankton productivity in estuaries An empirical model for estimating phytoplankton productivity in estuaries

e have previously shown that primary productivity in San Francisco Bay, USA, is highly correlated with phytoplankton biomass B (chlorophyll a concentration) and an index of light avallability in the photic zone, 2, I, (photic depth times surface irradiance). To test the generality of this relation, we compiled data from San Francisco Bay and 5 other USA estuarine systems (Neuse and South...
Authors
B.E. Cole, J. E. Cloern

Transport of reacting solutes subject to a moving dissolution boundary: Numerical methods and solutions Transport of reacting solutes subject to a moving dissolution boundary: Numerical methods and solutions

A moving boundary problem which arises during transport with precipitation-dissolution reactions is solved by three different numerical methods. Two of these methods (one explicit and one implicit) are based on an integral formulation of mass balance and lead to an approximation of a weak solution. These methods are compared to a front-tracking scheme. Although the two approaches are...
Authors
Catherine Willis, Jacob Rubin

Stable isotope dilution analysis of hydrologic samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry Stable isotope dilution analysis of hydrologic samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry is employed in the determination of Ni, Cu, Sr, Cd, Ba, Ti, and Pb in nonsaline, natural water samples by stable isotope dilution analysis. Hydrologic samples were directly analyzed without any unusual pretreatment. Interference effects related to overlapping isobars, formation of metal oxide and multiply charged ions, and matrix composition...
Authors
John R. Garbarino, Howard E. Taylor

A study of metal ion adsorption at low suspended-solid concentrations A study of metal ion adsorption at low suspended-solid concentrations

A procedure for conducting adsorption studies at low suspended solid concentrations in natural waters (
Authors
Cecily C.Y. Chang, J.A. Davis, James S. Kuwabara

Solubility and stability of scorodite, FeAsO4.2H2O: Discussion Solubility and stability of scorodite, FeAsO4.2H2O: Discussion

Reported solubility data for a synthetic scorodite and the techniques used to prepare the synthetic phase are questioned. (A.M. 70-838, 72-852)-J.A.Z.
Authors
D. Kirk Nordstrom, George A. Parks

A compositional multiphase model for groundwater contamination by petroleum products: 2. Numerical solution A compositional multiphase model for groundwater contamination by petroleum products: 2. Numerical solution

In this paper we develop a numerical solution to equations developed in part 1 (M. Y. Corapcioglu and A. L. Baehr, this issue) to predict the fate of an immiscible organic contaminant such as gasoline in the unsaturated zone subsequent to plume establishment. This solution, obtained by using a finite difference scheme and a method of forward projection to evaluate nonlinear coefficients...
Authors
Arthur L. Baehr, M. Yavuz Corapcioglu

Volatilization of ethylene dibromide from water Volatilization of ethylene dibromide from water

Overall mass-transfer coefficients for the volatilization of ethylene dibromide from water were measured simultaneously with the oxygen absorption coefficient in a laboratory stirred tank. Coefficients were measured as a function of mixing conditions in the water for two windspeeds. The ethylene dibromide mass-transfer coefficient depended on windspeed; the ethylene dibromide liquid-film
Authors
R. E. Rathbun, D. Y. Tai

Solute transport with equilibrium aqueous complexation and either sorption or ion exchange: Simulation methodology and applications Solute transport with equilibrium aqueous complexation and either sorption or ion exchange: Simulation methodology and applications

Methodologies that account for specific types of chemical reactions in the simulation of solute transport can be developed so they are compatible with solution algorithms employed in existing transport codes. This enables the simulation of reactive transport in complex multidimensional flow regimes, and provides a means for existing codes to account for some of the fundamental chemical...
Authors
F.M. Lewis, Clifford I. Voss, J. Rubin

A compositional multiphase model for groundwater contamination by petroleum products: 1. Theoretical considerations A compositional multiphase model for groundwater contamination by petroleum products: 1. Theoretical considerations

A mathematical model is developed to describe the fate of hydrocarbon constituents of petroleum products introduced to soils as an immiscible liquid from sources such as leaking underground storage tanks and ruptured pipelines. The problem is one of multiphase transport (oil (immiscible), air, and water phases) of a reactive contaminant with constituents such as benzene, toluene, and...
Authors
M. Yavuz Corapcioglu, Arthur L. Baehr

Playa-lake basins on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico: Part I. Hydrologic, geomorphic, and geologic evidence for their development Playa-lake basins on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico: Part I. Hydrologic, geomorphic, and geologic evidence for their development

Playa-lake basins of the Southern High Plains, Texas and New Mexico, may originate wherever water periodically can collect in a surficial depression. They expand, however, by hydrologic and geomorphic processes including (1) dissolution of lithologic carbonates by infiltrating water; (2) transport downward of fine-grained clastic and organic material by the infiltrating ground water...
Authors
Waite Osterkamp, W.W. Wood
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