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Reply to comment on “Anthropogenic sources of arsenic and copper to sediments in a suburban lake, northern Virginia"

January 1, 2003

Saxe and Beck (1) raise two groups of questions regarding the mass-balance approach in our paper.

(i) Only some of the data and calculations used for the mass balance were provided; the apparent number of samples collected is not sufficient to support a reliable mass balance; measurements were not made on all tributaries.

Publication Year 2003
Title Reply to comment on “Anthropogenic sources of arsenic and copper to sediments in a suburban lake, northern Virginia"
DOI 10.1021/es030050e
Authors Karen C. Rice, Kathryn M. Conko, George M. Hornberger
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Environmental Science & Technology
Index ID 70179684
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Virginia Water Science Center