Results of a solute transport experiment at Uvas Creek, September 1972, California

Open-File Report 84-236
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Abstract

A 3-hour constant-rate injection of chloride, strontium, and sodium was made into Uvas Creek, Santa Clara County, California, to determine solute transport and sorption properties of a small stream. Seven observation stations were selected within a 635-m reach of the stream where water samples were collected before, during and after the injection. Size-sorted stream sediments placed in the stream prior to the injection were sampled to determine sediment sorption properties. Dissolved solute concentration data are presented in both original and normalized forms to illustrate the different transport properties of the three solutes. Sorbed concentrations are tabulated as a function of both time and grain size. Calculations of streamflow and sorptive distribution coefficient are given.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Results of a solute transport experiment at Uvas Creek, September 1972, California
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 84-236
DOI 10.3133/ofr84236
Year Published 1984
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 93 p.
Country United States
State California
Other Geospatial Uvas Creek
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