Streamflow transport of radionuclides and other chemical constituents in the Puerco and the Little Colorado river basins, Arizona and New Mexico

Graf, Julia B.; Wirt, Laurie; Swanson, E. K.; Fisk, G. G.; Gray, J. R.

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Samples collected at streamflow-gaging stations in the Puerco and Little Colorado rivers show that radioactivity of suspended sediment at gaging stations downstream from inactive uranium mines was not significantly higher than at gaging stations where no mining has occurred upstream. Drinking-water standards for many constituents, however, commonly are exceeded during runoff because concentration of these constituents on sediment from natural processes is high and suspended-sediment loads are high during runoff.

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Graf, Julia B.; Wirt, Laurie; Swanson, E. K.; Fisk, G. G.; Gray, J. R.

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vi, 89 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.

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U.S. G.P.O. ; For sale by the U.S. Geological Survey, Map Division,

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Water Supply Paper

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WSP

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2459

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Streamflow transport of radionuclides and other chemical constituents in the Puerco and the Little Colorado river basins, Arizona and New Mexico; 1996; WSP; 2459; Graf, Julia B.; Wirt, Laurie; Swanson, E. K.; Fisk, G. G.; Gray, J. R.