National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
National Analysis of Trace Elements

Publications on trace elements
in water, stream and reservoir bed sediments, and aquatic biota

• Trace elements across the United States
• Trace elements in specific geographic areas
• NAWQA data collection and analytical methods

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Trace elements across the United States

• Apodaca, L.E., Mueller, D.K., and Koterba, M.T., 2006, Review of Trace Element Blank and Replicate Data Collected in Ground and Surface Water for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program 1991-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5093, 32 p.
• Brumbaugh, W.G., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Helsel, D.R., Wiener, J.G., and Echols, K.R., 2001, A national pilot study of mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems along multiple gradients: Bioaccumulation in fish: U.S. Geological Survey Biological Science Report 2001-0009, 25 p.
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• Brumbaugh, W.G., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Helsel, D.R., and Wiener, J.G., 2000, A national pilot study of mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems along multiple gradients-- bioaccumulation in fishes: Presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Nashville, TN, November 12-16, 2000.
• Focazio, M.F., Szabo, Z., Kraemer, T.F., Mullin, A.H., Barringer, T.H., and dePaul, V.T., 2001, Occurrence of selected radionuclides in ground water used for drinking water in the United States: A targeted reconnaissance survey, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4273, 40 p.
• Focazio, M.J., Welch, A.H., Watkins, S.A., Helsel, D.R., and Horn, M.A., 1999, A retrospective analysis on the occurrence of arsenic in ground-water resources of the United States and limitations in drinking-water-supply characterizations: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4279, 21 p.
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    --Data with sampling dates updated to March 30, 2000: (2.8 mb Text file, 6.8 mb Excel file)
• Krabbenhoft, D.P., Wiener, J.G., Brumbaugh, W.G., Olson, M.L. DeWild, J.F., and Sabin, 1999, T.J., A national pilot study of mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems along multiple gradients, Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999--Volume 2--Contamination of hydrologic systems and related ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, pp. 147-160.
• Mahler, B. J., Van Metre, P. C., and Callender, E., 2006, Trends in metals in urban and reference lake sediments across the United States, 1970 to 2001: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 25, no. 7, pp. 1698-1709.
• Rice, K.C., 1999, Trace-element concentrations in streambed sediment across the conterminous United States: Environmental Science and Technology, v.33 no.15, pp. 2499-2504.
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• Ryker, S.J., Nov. 2001, Mapping arsenic in groundwater-- A real need, but a hard problem: Geotimes Newsmagazine of the Earth Sciences, v.46 no.11, p.34-36.
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    --Data updated to March 30, 2000: (2.8 mb Text file, 6.8 mb Excel file)
• Ryker, S.J., and Welch, A.H., 2001, Arsenic in ground-water resources of the United States-- a new national-scale analysis: in Proceedings of the 2001 USGS Workshop on Arsenic in the Environment, Denver, Colorado, 21-22 Feb., 2001.
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• Seiler, R.L., Skorupa, J.P., and Peltz, L.A., 1999, Areas susceptible to irrigation-induced selenium contamination of water and biota in the western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1180, 36 p.
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• Welch, A.H., 2001, Arsenic cycling in ground water-- Processes leading to widespread high concentrations: In Arsenic in the Asia-Pacific Region, Adelaide, Australia, p. 89-90.
• Welch, A.H., Helsel, D.R., Focazio, M.J., and Watkins, S.A., 1999, Arsenic in ground water supplies of the United States, in: Arsenic exposure and health effects, W.R. Chappell, C.O. Abernathy and R.L. Calderon, Eds., Elsevier Science, New York, pp. 9-17.
• Welch, A.H., Lico, M.S., and Hughes, J.L., 1988, Arsenic in ground water of the western United States: Ground Water, v. 26, no. 3, p. 333-347.
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• Welch, A.H., and Ryker, S.J., 2000, Arsenic in ground-water resources of the United States: A new national-scale analysis, in: Fourth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects, San Diego, June 18-22nd, 2000.
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• Welch, A.H., Ryker, S.J., Helsel, D.R., and Hamilton, P.A., 2001, Arsenic in ground water of the United States-- an overview: Water Well Journal, Feb. 2000, p. 30.
• Welch, A.H., and Stollenwerk, K.G., 2001, In-situ remediation of arsenic in ground water: In Arsenic in the Asia-Pacific Region, Adelaide, Australia, p.67-68.
• Welch, A.H., Watkins, S.A., Helsel, D.R., and Focazio, M.F., 2000, Arsenic in ground-water resources of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 063-00, 4 p.
    --Data used in report (1973-1997): 1.9 mb Text file (superseded)
    --Data updated to March 30, 2000: (2.8 mb Text file, 6.8 mb Excel file)
• Welch, A.H., Westjohn, D.B., Helsel, D.R., and Wanty, R.B., 2000, Arsenic in ground water of the United States-- Occurrence and geochemistry: Ground Water, v.38, no.4, p. 589.
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Trace elements in specific geographic areas

• Abrahamsen, T.A., 1999, Distribution of trace elements in sediments and aquatic biota in streams of the Santee River Basin and coastal drainages, North and South Carolina: The First South Carolina Water and Environment Symposium, Columbia, South Carolina.
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• Adamski, J.C., 1996, Radium and radon in ground water of the Ozark region in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-181-96, 4 p.
• Anderson, C.W., Rinella, F.A., and Rounds, S.A., 1996, Occurrence of selected trace elements and organic compounds and their relation to land use in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4234, 68 p.
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• Anderson, P.W., 1970, Occurrence and distribution of trace elements in New Jersey streams: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Water-Resources Circular 24, 24 p.
• Apodaca, L.E., 1996, Sources of high trace-element concentrations in the French Gulch Drainage, Breckenridge, Colorado (abs.): The Geological Society of America, 1996 Annual Meeting, October 28-31, 1996, Denver, Colorado, 1 p.
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• Ayotte, J.D., Baris, D., Cantor, K.P., Colt, J., Robinson, G.R., Jr., Lubin, J.H., Karagas, M., Hoover, R.N., Fraumeni, J.F., Jr., Silverman, D.T., 2006, Bladder cancer mortality and private well use in New England: An ecological study: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 60, pp 168-172.

• Ayotte, J.D., Nielsen, M.G., and Robinson, G.R., Jr., 1998, Relation of arsenic concentrations in ground water to bedrock lithology in eastern New England [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 30, no. 7.
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• Ayotte, J.D., Nielsen, M.G., Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Moore, R.B., 1999, Relation of arsenic, iron, and manganese in ground water to aquifer type, bedrock lithogeochemistry, and land use in the New England Coastal Basins: U..S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4162, 30 p.
• Ayotte, J.D., Nolan, B.T., Nuckols, J.R., Cantor, K.P., Robinson, G.R., Jr., Baris, D., Hayes, L., Karagas, M., Bress, W., Silverman, D.T., and Lubin, J.H., 2006, Modeling the probability of arsenic in groundwater in New England as a tool for exposure assessment: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 40, no. 11, pp. 3578-3585.
• Ayotte, J.D., Ryker, S.J., and Proctor, A.L., 2001, Variation in bedrock ground-water arsenic concentrations and implications for human-health studies in New England [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov 5-8, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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• Baldwin, A.D., Jr., Gall, I., Ritzi, R., and others, 1992, The source of elevated radon in ground water of southwestern Ohio [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 24, no.7, p. 282-283.
• Baldwin, A.D., Jr., and Treick, R.W., 1991, Geologic controls on radon activities in ground water from southwestern Ohio [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 23, no. 3, p. 3.
• Bonn, B. A., 1999, Selected Elements and Organic Chemicals in Bed Sediment and Fish Tissue of the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 1992-96: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4107, 61 p.
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• Breault, R.F., and Harris, S.L., 1997, Geographical distribution and potential for adverse biological effects of selected trace elements and organic compounds in streambed sediment in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Reports 97-4169, 24 p.
• Breen, K.J., and Gavin, A.J., 1995, Reconnaissance of trace-metal loadings in Mahanoy Creek--a tributary to the Lower Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, affected by acidic mine drainage [abs.]: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 76(17), p. S133, Supplement with abstracts for the 1995 Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Md.
• Brigham, M.E. and Tornes, L.H., 1996, Trace elements and organic contaminants in stream sediments from the Red River of the North Basin, 1992-95 [abs.]: North Dakota Water Quality Symposium Proceedings, March 20-21, 1996, Bismarck, North Dakota, North Dakota State University Extension Service, p. 135-144.
• Brigham, M.E., Goldstein, R.M., Tornes, L.H., 1998, Trace elements and organic chemicals in stream-bottom sediments and fish tissues, Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 1992-95 U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4043 38 p.
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• Bruce, B.W., and McMahon, P.B., 1996, Shallow ground-water quality beneath a major urban center: Denver, Colorado, USA: Journal of Hydrology, 186, p. 129-151.
• Buell, G.R., 1997, Transport of trace elements and semi-volatile organic compounds in fluvial sediments of the lower Flint River (Georgia) and Apalachicola River (Georgia, Florida, Alabama) basins during Tropical Storm Alberto, July 1994, in: Hatcher, K.J., ed., U.S. Geological Survey reprints from proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, p. 24-32.
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• Callender, Edward, and Rice, Karen C., 2000, The urban environmental gradient: Anthropogenic influences on the spatial and temporal distributions of lead and zinc in sediments: Env. Sci. and Tech., vol. 34, no. 2, p. 232-237.
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• Callender, Edward, and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, Reservoir sediment cores show U.S. lead declines: Env. Sci. and Tech., vol. 31, no. 9, p. 424A-428A.
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• Callender, Edward, and Van Metre, P.C., 1997, Quantifying the relation between environmental lead distributions in sediment cores and anthropogenic activities [abs]: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(46), p. F211, Supplement with abstracts for the 1997 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.
• Carter, L.F., 1995, Metal accumulation by transplanted aquatic mosses in response to land-use practices in the upper Rio Grande Basin, Colorado and New Mexico [abs.]: Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society, v. 12, no. 1, p. 159.
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• Carter, L.F., 1997, Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas--Organic compounds and trace elements in bed sediment and fish tissue, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4002, 23 p.
• Carter, L.F., and Porter, S.D., 1997, Trace-element accumulation by Hygrohypnum ochraceum in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, Colorado and New Mexico, USA: Envir. Toxicology and Chemistry, 16 (12), p. 2521-2528.
• Chambers, D. B., and Messinger, Terence, 1998, Selected contaminants in fish tissues in the Kanawha River Basin [abs]: in Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Session of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 1998, Wheeling, W. Va., Wheeling Jesuit University, p. 20.
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• Clark, G.M., and Maret, T.R., 1998, Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in fish tissue and bed sediments in the lower Snake River Basin, Idaho and Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4103, 35 p.
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• Coles, J.F., 1996, Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in fish tissue and ancillary data for the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins Study Unit, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-358, 26 p.
• Couch, C.A., 1997, National Water Quality Assessment Program: Environmental distribution of mercury related to land use and physicochemical setting in watersheds of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin: in Hatcher, K.J., (ed.), Reprints from Proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference: Athens, Ga., Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia, p. 45-52.
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• Dawson, B.J. Milby, 2001, Ground-water quality in the southeastern Sacramento Valley aquifer, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4125, 24 p.
• Deacon, J.R., 1997, Occurrence and distribution of selected organochlorine compounds and trace elements in fish tissue and streambed sediment in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1995-96 (abs.): Bulletin of the North American Bethological Society, Forty Fifth Annual Meeting-San Marcos, TX, Spring 1997, vol.14, no.1.
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• Deacon, J.R., and Driver, N.E., 1999, Distribution of trace elements in streambed sediment associated with mining activities in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, USA, 1995-96: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology vol.37, p.7-18.
• Deacon, J.R., and Driver, N.E., 1997, Occurrence and distribution of selected trace elements in bed sediment and fish tissue in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, 1995-96 (abs.): American Water Resources Association, 1997 Summer Symposium, June 30-July 3, Keystone, Colorado, 1 p.
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• Domagalski, J.L., 2001, Mercury and methylmercury in water and sediment of the Sacramento River Basin, California: Applied Geochemistry, vol.16, p.1677-1691.
• Domagalski, J.L., 1998, Occurrence and transport of total mercury and methyl mercury in the Sacramento River Basin, California: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol.64, p.277-291.
• Dubrovsky, N.M., Neil, J.M., Fujii, R, Oremland, R.S., and Hollibaugh, J.T., 1990, Influence of redox potential on selenium distribution in ground water, Mendota, western San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-138, 24p.
• Dubrovsky, N.M., Neil, J.M., Welker, M.C., and Evenson, K.D., 1991, Geochemical relations and distribution of selected trace elements in ground water of the northern part of the western San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 90-108, 55p.
• Eychaner, J.H., 1998, What's normal?-Constituent concentrations in West Virginia streamflow, ground water, stream bed sediment, and fish tissue: in West Virginia Non-Point Source Conference, Charleston, 1998, Proceedings: West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection and West Virginia Soil Conservation Agency, p. 38-53.
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• Fenelon, J.M., and Moore, R.C., 1996, Radon in the fluvial aquifers of the White River Basin, Indiana, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 124-96, 2 p.
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• Fitzpatrick, F.A., Arnold, T.L., and Colman, J.A., 1998, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin--spatial distribution of geochemicals in the fine fraction of streambed sediment, 1987: Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4109, 89 p.
• Fitzpatrick, F.A., Scudder, B.C., Crawford, J.K., Schmidt, A.R., and Sieverling, J.B., 1995, Water-quality assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Major and trace elements in the water, sediment, and biota, 1987-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4045, 253 p.
• Frenzel, S.A., 1996, Occurrence of selected contaminants in water, fish tissue, and streambed sediments in central Nebraska, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-223, 6 p.
• Frenzel, S.A., 2000, Selected organic compounds and trace elements in streambed sediments and fish tissues, Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4004, 39 p.
• Fuhrer, G.J., Cain, D.J., McKenzie, S.W., Rinella, J.F., Crawford, J.K., Skach, K.A., Hornberger, M.I., and Gannett, M.W., 1996, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima River Basin in Washington: Spatial and temporal distribution of trace elements in water, sediment, and aquatic biota, 1987-91: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-440, 190 p.
• Fuhrer, G.J., Fluter, S.L., McKenzie, S.W., Rinella, J.F., Crawford, J.K., Cain, D.J., and Skach, K.A., 1994, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima River Basin in Washington: Major- and minor-element data for water, sediment, and aquatic biota, 1987-91: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-308, 223 p.
• Fuhrer, G.J., McKenzie, S.W., Rinella, J.F., Sanzolone, R.F., and Skach, K.A., 1994, Surface-water quality assessment of the Yakima River Basin in Washington: analysis of major and minor elements in fine-grained streambed sediment, 1987, with sections on geologic overview and geologic classification of low-order stream sampling sites, by Marshall W. Gannett: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-30, 226 p. [Pending publication as USGS Water-Supply Paper 2354-C]
• Gerhart, J.M., and Blomquist, J.D., 1995, Selected trace-element and organic contaminants in streambed sediments of the Potomac River Basin, August 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4267, 12 p.
• Goldstein, R.M., Brigham, M.E., and Stauffer, J.C., 1996, Comparison of mercury concentrations in liver, muscle, whole bodies, and composites of fish from the Red River of the North: Canadian Jour. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sci., 32, p. 244-252.
• Hainly, R.A., Bilger, M.D., and Siwiec, S.F., 1994, Trace elements in bed sediment of streams in the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province of Pennsylvania, Lower Susquehanna River Basin study unit of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program: a comparison of sampling methods and results for selected element concentrations from the NAWQA and National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Programs [abs.]: Abstract Booklet, Mid-Atlantic Highlands Area Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Conference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, February 23-25, 1994, p. 46-47.
• Hancock, Tracy C., Denver, J.M., Riedel, G.F., and Miller, C.V., 21-22 Feb. 2001, Source, transport, and fate of arsenic in the Pocomoke River Basin, a poultry dominated Chesapeake Bay watershed: in Proceedings of the 2001 USGS Workshop on Arsenic in the Environment, Denver, Colorado.
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• Harned, D.A., Woodside, M.D., Skrobialowski, S.C. Ruhl, P.M., Terziotti, S.A.,1995, Metals in bed sediments of rivers of the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage in North Carolina and Virginia: A comparison of NAWQA and NURE data :[abs] Geological Society of America Fall Meeting, 1995 New Orleans, LA.
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• Heiny, J.S., 1993, Contaminant distribution of bed sediment in the South Platte River Basin, 1992: American Geophysical Union-1993 Fall Meeting, December 6-10, 1993, San Francisco, California, p. 321.
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• Heiny, J.S., 1994, Relation of trace-element concentrations in bed sediment and fish tissue to land use in the South Platte River Basin: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual South Platte Forum--Integrated Watershed Management in the South Platte Basin: Status and Practical Implementation, October 26-27, 1994, Greeley, Colorado, p. 20.
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• Heiny, J.S., 1997, Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in streambed sediment and fish tissue, South Platte River Basin--Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-040-97, 4 p.
• Heiny, J.S., and Tate, C.M., 1997, Concentration, distribution, and comparison of selected trace elements in bed sediment and fish tissue in the South Platte River basin, USA, 1992-1993: Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 32, p. 246-259.
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• Hinkle, S. R., and Polette, D. J., 1999, Arsenic in ground water of the Willamette Basin, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4205, 28 p., 1 pl.
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• Hubbell, D.W., and Glenn, J.L., 1974, Distribution of radionuclides in bottom sediments of the Columbia River Estuary: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 433-L, 63p., 2 plates.
• Ivahnenko, Tamara, Szabo, Zoltan, and Hall, G.S., 1996, Use of an ultra-clean sampling technique with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to determine trace-element concentrations in water from the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, Coastal Plain, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-142, 36 p.
• Kish, G.R., Macy, J.A., Mueller, R.T., 1987, Trace-metal leaching from plumbing materials exposed to acidic ground water in three areas of the Coastal Plain of New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4146, 19 p.
• Kozar, M.D., and Sheets, C.J., 1997, Radon in ground water in the Kanawha-New River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina [abs.]: Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, 13th Annual Scientific Symposium, November 2-4, 1997, Proceedings.
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• Lawrence, S.J., 1994, Selected trace elements in bed sediment and tissues of four aquatic invertebrate species from the Truckee and Carson River Basins and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada and California, September 1992 [abs.]: Nevada Water Conference, Nevada Water Resources Association, Las Vegas, March 1994, Abstracts of Technical Papers and Posters, p. 44.
• Lawrence, S.J., and Bevans, H.E., 1994, Mercury in bottom sediment and aquatic invertebrates, Carson and Truckee River Basins, Nevada and California [abs.]: 15th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Denver, October 1994, Abstract Book, p. 19.
• Lawrence, S.J., 1998, Trace-element enrichment in streambed sediment and crayfish, Carson and Truckee Rivers, Nevada and California, September 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4258, 16 p.
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• Lico, M.L., and Pennington, R.N., 1997, Concentrations, loads, and yields of potentially toxic constituents in irrigation-drain systems, Newlands Project Area, Carson Desert, Nevada, for November 1994-October 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4034, 58 p.
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• Lindsey, B.D., and Ator, S.W., 1996, Radon in ground water of the Lower Susquehanna and Potomac River basins: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4156, 6 p.
• MacCoy, D.E., and Black, R.W., 1998, Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in Freshwater Streambed Sediment and Fish from the Puget Sound Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 105-98
• Maret, T.R., 1992, Mercury in streambed sediment and aquatic biota in the Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-089-95, 2 p.
• Maret, Terry R., and Dutton, DeAnn M., 1998, Summary of information on synthetic organic compounds and trace elements in tissue of aquatic biota, Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River Basins, Montana, Idaho, and Washington, 1974-96, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4254.
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• Messinger, Terence, and Chambers, D. B., 1998, Selected trace metals and organic compounds in stream-bed sediments of the Kanawha River Basin [abs]: in Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Session of the West Virginia Acadmeny of Science, 1998, Wheeling, W. Va., Wheeling Jesuit University, p. 2.
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• O'Brien, A.K., 1997, Presence and distribution of trace elements in streambed sediments, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-049-97, 4 p.
• Ott, D.S., 1997, Selected organic compounds and trace elements in water, bed sediment, and aquatic organisms, Upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming, 1992-94: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-18, 100 p.
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  Petersen, J.C., Adamski, J.C., Bell, Davis, J.V., Femmer, S.R., Freiwald, D.A., and Joseph, R.L., 1998, Water quality in the Ozark Plateaus, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, 1992-95: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1158, 33 p.
• Peterson, D.A., and Zelt, R.B., 1999, Element concentrations in bed sediment of the Yellowstone River Basin, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming-- A retrospective analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4185, 23 p., 3 plates.
• Porter, S.D., White, K.D., and Clark, J.R., 1994, Water-quality assessment of the Kentucky River Basin, Kentucky: Distribution of metals and other trace elements in sediment and water, 1987-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4134, 184 p.
• Rice, D.E. and Szabo, Zoltan, 1997, Relation of ground-water flowpaths and travel time to the distribution of radium and nitrate in current and former agricultural areas of the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, New Jersey Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4165B, 41 p.
• Rice, K.C., and Callender, Edward, 1997, Preliminary results of a national synthesis of trace elements in bed sediment [abs]: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(46), p. F201, Supplement with abstracts for the 1997 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Ca.
• Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Ayotte, J.D., 2006, The influence of geology and land use on arsenic in stream sediments and ground waters in New England, USA: Applied Geochemistry, vol. 21, pp. 1482-1497.

• Ruhl, P.M., and Smith, K.E., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Basin, North Carolina and Virginia--Trace elements in Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) soft tissues and redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) livers, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-334, 6 p.
• Ruhl, P.M. and Smith, K.E., 1996, Trace elements in Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) soft tissues and redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) livers, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-334, 6 p.
• Ryder, J.L., Sanzolone, R.F., Fuhrer, G.J., and Mosier, E.L., 1992, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Yakima River Basin in Washington: Chemical analyses of major, minor, and trace elements in fine-grained streambed sediment: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-520, 60 p.
• Saad, D.A., 1996, Ground water-quality in the western part of the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin and Michigan: Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4231.
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• Saad, D.A., and Thorstenson, D.C., 1998, Flow and geochemistry along shallow ground-water flowpaths in an agricultural area in southeastern Wisconsin: Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4179.
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• Scudder, B.C., Sullivan, D.J., Fitzpatrick, F.A., and Rheaume, S.R., 1997, Trace elements and synthetic organic compounds in biota and streambed sediment of the Western Lake Michigan Drainages, 1992-95: Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4192.
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• Sheets, C.J., and Kozar, M.D., 2000, Ground-water quality in the Appalachian Plateaus, Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4269, 25 p.
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• Skrobialowski, S.C., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin, North Carolina and Virginia--A summary of selected trace element, nutrient, and pesticide data for bed sediments, 1969-90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4104, 33 p.
  Abstract
• Smith, J.A., Harte, P.T. and Hardy, M.A., 1987, Trace-metal and organochlorine residues in sediments of the upper Rockaway River, New Jersey: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 39 465-473.
• Spruill, Timothy B., Williams, Janie B., Galeon, David R., and Harned, Douglas A., 1997, Radon in ground-water in Guilford County: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-147-97, 4 p.
• Szabo, Z., and dePaul, Vincent, 1998, Radium-226 and radium-228 in shallow ground water, southern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 062-98.
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• Szabo, Z., Rice, D.E., MacLeod, C.L. and Barringer, T.H., 1997, Relation of distribution of radium, nitrate, and pesticides to agricultural land use and depth, Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, New Jersey Coastal Plain, 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4165A, 119 p.
• Szabo, Z., and Zapecza, O.S., 1991, Geologic and geochemical factors controlling uranium, radium-226, and radon-222 in ground water, Newark Basin, New Jersey, in: L.C.S. Gunderson;R.B. Wanty, eds. Field studies of radon rocks, soils, and water U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1971, p. 243-265.
• Szabo, Zoltan, Zapecza, O.S., and Nawyn, John P., 1989, Effects of ground-water geochemistry on the distribution of dissolved uranium and radium-226 in the Newark Basin, New Jersey: Proceedings of a Conference on Ground Water in the Piedmont of the Eastern United States, October 16-18, 1989, Charlotte, North Carolina 566-586.
• Tanner, D.Q., Sanzolone, R.F., and Zelt, R.B., 1987, Surface-water-quality assessment of the Lower Kansas River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Concentrations of major metals and trace elements in streambed sediments: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-581, 73 p.
• Tornes, L.H., Brigham, M.E., and Goldstein, R.M., 1996, Organic chemicals and trace elements in bottom sediments and fish tissues from streams of Red River of the North Basin, 1992-94: Minnesota Water `96 collection of conference abstracts, May 20-21, 1996, Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota Water Resources Research Center, p. 99-100.
  Abstract
• Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, Edward, 1996, Identifying water-quality trends in the Trinity River, Texas, USA, 1969-1992, using sediment cores from Lake Livingston: Environmental Geology, 28 (4), p. 190-200.
  Abstract
• Van Metre, P.C., and Callender, Edward, 1997, Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-1994 identified using sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas: Journal of Paleolimnology, 17, p. 239-249.
  Abstract
• Van Metre, P.C., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L., 1996, Water-quality trends using sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-217-96, 4 p.
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• Van Metre, P.C., Mahler, B.J., and Callender, Edward, 1996, Water-quality trends in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin using sediment cores from reservoirs: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-221-96, 8 p.
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• Van Metre. P.C., Mahler, B.J., and Callender, Edward, 1998, Trends in organochlorine and radionuclide concentrations in the upper Rio Grande based on sediment core analyses from Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico: International Journal of Sediment Research, v. 13, no. 4, p. 1-11.
  Abstract
• Warner, K.L., 21-22 Feb. 2001, Arsenic in shallow and deep glacial drift aquifers-- Illinois: in Proceedings of the 2001 USGS Workshop on Arsenic in the Environment, Denver, Colorado.
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• Warner, K.L., 1999, Analysis of nutrients, selected inorganic constituents, and trace elements in water from Illinois community-supply wells, 1984-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4152, 47 p.
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• Welch, Alan H., and Lico, M.S., 1998, Factors controlling As and U in shallow ground water, southern Carson Desert, Nevada: Applied Geochemistry, vol. 13, no. 4, p.521-539.
  Abstract
• Wentz, D. A., Waite, I. R., and Rinella, F. A., 1998, Comparison of streambed sediment and aquatic biota as media for characterizing trace elements and organochlorine compounds in the Willamette Basin, Oregon: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 51, no. 3, p. 673-693.
  Abstract
• Woodside, M.D., and Simeri, B.R., 1996, Water-quality assessment of the Albemarle-Pamlico Basin, North Carolina and Virginia-- Chemical analyses of organic compounds and inorganic constituents in streambed sediment, 1992-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 96-103, 25 p.
  Abstract

NAWQA Trace-Element Data Collection and Analytical Methods

• Arbogast, B.F., ed., 1996, Analytical methods manual for the Mineral Resource Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-525, 248 p.
  [analytical method for carbon, sulfur, selenium, and mercury in sediment-- for other elements, see Briggs below]
• Blasius, M.B., Kerkhoff, S.J., Wright, R.S., and others, 1972, Use of X-ray fluorescence to determine trace metals in water resources: Water Resources Bulletin, v. 8, no. 4, p. 704-714.
• Briggs, P.H., and Meier, A.L., 1999, The determination of forty-two elements in geological materials by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-166, 15 p.
  [analytical method for all elements in sediment except carbon, sulfur, selenium, and mercury-- see Arbogast above]
• De Wild, J.F., Olson, M.L., and Olund, S.D., 2002, Determination of methyl mercury by aqueous phase ethylation, followed by gas chromatographic separation with cold vapor atomic fluorescence detection: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-445, 14 p.
• Garbarino, J.R., 1999, Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Determination of dissolved arsenic, boron, lithium, selenium, strontium, thallium, and vanadium using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-093, 31 p.
• Garbarino, J.R., and Taylor, H.E., 1994, Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometric determination of dissolved trace elements in natural water: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-358, 28 p.
• Hoffman, G.L., 1996, Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory--Preparation procedure for aquatic biological material determined for trace metals: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-0362, 42 p., illus; incl. 9 tables, 17 refs.
• Koterba, M.T., Wilde, F.D., and Lapham, W.W., 1995, Ground-water data-collection protocols and procedures for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: collection and documentation of water-quality samples and related data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-399, 113 p.
• Olson, M.L. and DeWild, J.F., 2000, Techniques for the collection and species-specific analysis of low levels of mercury in water, sediment, and biota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018B, Volume 2, 8 p.
• Shelton, L.R., and Capel, P.D., 1994, Guidelines for collecting and processing samples of stream bed sediment for analysis of trace elements and organic contaminants for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-458, 20 p.
• Shelton, L.R., 1994, Field guide for collecting and processing stream-water samples for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-455, p.

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