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Surface-Water-Quality Assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Geochemical Data for Fine-Fraction Streambed Sediment from High-and-Low-Order Streams, 1987

Colman, J.A., and R.F. Sanzolone, 1991, Open-File 90-571

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Abstract:
Geochemical data are presented from a synoptic survey of 46 elements in fine-fraction streambed sediments of the Upper Illinois River Basin during the fall of 1987. The survey was a component study of the Illinois pilot project of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment program. Most of the sampling sites were randomly chosen--135 on main stems of rivers and 238 on first- and second-order streams. In addition, 196 samples were collected for quality-assurance and special-study purposes. The report includes element concentration data and summary-statistics tables of percentiles, nested analysis of variance, and correlation coefficients. All concentration data are included in tabular form and can be selected by map reference number, latitude and longitude, or remark code indicating purpose for collecting sample.

Data Record Period: 1987-1987
Data Record Notes: Fall, 1987

Potential Issues: High-order streams: As, Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg, Zn, Low-order streams: As

Screening Criteria: NOAA's sediment screening values

Data Sources: USGS

Features: Sediment

Parameters: Arsenic, As; Barium, Ba; Cadmium, Cd; Chromium +3; Chromium +6; Copper, Cu; Iron, Fe; Lead, Pb; Manganese, Mn; Mercury, Hg; Nickel, Ni; Phosphorus, total; Selenium, Se; Silver, Ag; Zinc, Zn

Sites - IEPA Station(USGS Station): DT01(), DT02(5552000), DT03(5551550), DT06(5550000), DT09(5551000), DT11(5551580), DT18(5550320), DT20(), DT22(5549600), DT36(), DT38(5551540), DT41(), DT46(5552500), DT58(), DT69(), DTAB01(), DTB01(5552000), DTD02(551700), DTG02(5550500)