| Abstract: | Traveltime in 89.3 mi of the Illinois River between Marseilles Dam and Peoria Dam was measured using rhodamine-WT dye. On each of four subreaches, dye-tracer measurements were made at approximately 50- and 85% flow duration in 1978, 1979, and 1985. The dye-tracer data were used to develop a method for estimating the traveltime and peak concentration of a solute spilled into the Illinois River. The estimates can apply to spills at any point within the study reach during a period of relatively steady discharge of from low to medium streamflow. A sample problem to demonstrate the estimating method is solved for a hypothetical situation in which 100,000 pounds of contaminant is spilled at a railroad crossing between Spring Valley and Hennepin, Illinois. (USGS) |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 30658 |
| Citation Author: | Zuehls, E. E. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 29 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 87-4106 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Traveltime and dispersion in the Illinois River, Marseilles to Peoria, Illinois; 1987; WRI; 87-4106; Zuehls, E. E. |
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| Citation Year: | 1987 |
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| Text: | Traveltime and dispersion in the Illinois River, Marseilles to Peoria, Illinois; 1987; WRI; 87-4106; Zuehls, E. E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1987/4106/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1987/4106/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
