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Baseline Deposition Rates, Lead-Rich Sediment, Coeur d’Alene (CdA) River Floodplain, Idaho Arthur Bookstrom, Stephen Box, Robert Fousek Mill tailings and floods in the CdA drainage basin, Lead-rich sediments on the CdA River floodplain, Baseline rates of sediment deposition, Baseline concentrations of lead (Pb) in sediments, Secondary sources of Pb-rich sediment, Continuing deposition of Pb-rich sediments.
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Location map
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Production and Tailings Management
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History of Flooding
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Block Diagram of Floodplain
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Star Mill - south fork Coeur d’ Alene River
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Rose Lake, Idaho 1933 Flood Smelterville Flats, Idaho
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Lead in Surficial Sediments
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Riverbank near Medimont in 1993 1980 Mt. St. Helens volcanic ash layer Base of section of Pb-rich sediments Section of Pb-Rich Sediments
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Lead-Concentration Profiles
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Pre- and Post-1969 Rates of Sediment Deposition in Medicine Lake
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Summary of Baseline Depositional Rates and Lead Concentrations
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Baseline Depositional Rates 1.83.07.4
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Lateral Variation in Baseline Rates of Sediment Deposition 28.5
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Baseline Lead Concentrations 150028004500
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Lateral Variation in Baseline Lead Concentrations 7500
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Box plots of historic and baseline sediment-deposition rates
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Box plots of Pb concentrations in sediments of successive time intervals Figure 23. Box-and-whisker plots, comparing interval-weighted average lead (ppm Pb) in sediments of the early post-tailings-release (BA1) and baseline (AA) time-stratigraphic intervals. n = 13 90th percentile 75th 50th 25th 10th 4000 3300
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Percentages of tailings-derived Pb in sediments by drainage basin, and by depositional setting
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Lead Concentrations in Suspended Sediment
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1996 Scour of Pb-Rich Sediments in the River near Dudley Approximate location of drill hole 94VCD2 Log exposed by flood scour Stored Pb-rich sediments (well stratified) River bottom before 1996 flood Scoured zone Sandy active bed sediment (poorly stratified)
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Secondary Sources of Pb-Rich Sediment in the River Channel ’96 scour
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