Renee K. Takesue
2018
Inorganic compositional data for fine-grained Puget Sound sediment along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line, September 2015
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DOI:10.5066/P9JCJ4EQ
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JCJ4EQ
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Nearshore surface sediment was collected with a petit ponar grab sampler between April 22 and September 17, 2015, at five sites in Puget Sound, Washington. Four sites were adjacent to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line in urban and non-urban areas, and one site was in an urban area that was not adjacent to the rail line. Total and near-total major, minor, trace, and rare earth element contents of the <0.063 mm sediment fraction were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy. These data accompany Takesue, R.K., and Campbell, P.L., 2019, Contaminant baselines and sediment provenance along the Puget Sound Energy Transport Corridor, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018-1196, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181196.
Baseline sedimentary contents of potentially toxic inorganic elements were assessed in marshes and embayments along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line in Puget Sound, Washington, in September 2015 prior to escalation of oil and coal transport through the region. In addition, distinctive geochemical characteristics, or signatures, distinguished volcanic- and non-volcanic sediment provenance.
Additional information about the field activities from which these data were derived is available online at:
http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-631-FA
http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-660-FA
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Current contaminant baselines were determined in September 2015.
None planned
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-121.1623
48.6989
47.0910
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ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
geoscientificInformation
Data Categories for Marine Planning
Substrate
USGS Thesaurus
toxic trace element contamination
rare earth elements
mass spectroscopy
grab sampling
Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Heavy metal pollution
Sediment geochemistry
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS
Chuckanut Bay
Padilla Bay
Snohomish River
Saltwater State Park
Nisqually River
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Samples were submitted for compositional analysis to the Analytical Chemistry Project of the USGS Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center (CMERSC), jobs MRP-14487 and MRP-15043. A contract lab performed the analyses. CMERSC staff performed QA/QC checks.
Geochemical data are tabulated in comma separated variable (CSV) format.
Digested rock reference materials were used to standardize the data. The percent recovery for all elements was within 15% of reference values for concentrations that were not less than five times the limit of detection.
Three consistency standards (internal reference materials) were processed and analyzed in a similar manner as unknown samples, and their results compared to defined values from repeated analyses since 2006. No elements had more than one consistency standard whose values exceeded the defined value by 15% or more.
Near-total inorganic element contents were not determined in the sample Saltwater State Park-1 because there was insufficient material. Total inorganic mercury (Hg) contents were not determined in any of the five Saltwater State Park samples.
Garmin 78sc handheld GPS reported a horizontal accuracy of +/- 3 meters.
Bulk sediment was oven-dried at 60 degrees Celsius, and disaggregated gently with a mortar and pestle to avoid changing grain sizes. Disaggregated sediment was dry-sieved through stainless steel sieves to obtain 2 grams of the <0.063 mm size fraction. Sieved 2-gram samples were sent to CMERSC for analysis.
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Point
32
0.0001
0.0001
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS84
6378137.0000
298.2572
Attribute table
Table of data. Abbreviations: n.d., not determined; ins, insufficient material; <, less than.
Producer defined
Lab I.D.
Unique identifier assigned to each sample by the CMERSC Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
Producer defined
Identifiers for samples used by the CMERSC Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
Field I.D.
Unique identifier assigned to each sample during field collection
Producer defined
Identifiers for samples used in the field
Site name
Unique name and number of each sample collection site
Producer defined
Name of the sample collection site
Date Collected
Date the sample was collected, in mm/dd/yy
Producer defined
04/22/15
09/17/15
mm/dd/yy
1
Longitude
Longitude where the sample was collected
Producer defined
-122.6899
-122.1623
decimal degrees
0.0001
Latitude
Latitude where the sample was collected
Producer defined
47.0910
48.6989
decimal degrees
0.0001
Sediment type
A description of the sediment type
Producer defined
A brief description of the type of sediment collected.
Hg by CVAA, in mg/kg
Total mercury (Hg) content analyzed by cold vapor atomic absorption (CVAA) in units of mg/kg
producer defined
0.03
0.41
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.02
Al by multi-acid, in %
Aluminum (Al) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
producer defined
6.43
9.12
weight percent (%)
0.01
Ca by multi-acid, in %
Calcium (Ca) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
producer defined
1.86
3.80
weight percent (%)
0.01
Fe by multi-acid, in %
Iron (Fe) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
producer defined
2.54
4.42
weight percent (%)
0.01
K by multi-acid, in %
Potassium (K) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
producer defined
0.90
1.57
weight percent (%)
0.01
Mg by multi-acid, in %
Magnesium (Mg) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
producer defined
1.00
1.86
weight percent (%)
0.01
Na by multi-acid, in %
Sodium (Na) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
producer defined
1.87
4.38
weight percent (%)
0.01
S by multi-acid, in %
Sulfur (S) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
producer defined
0.02
1.02
weight percent (%)
0.01
Ti by multi-acid, in %
Titanium (Ti) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
producer defined
0.37
0.51
weight percent (%)
0.01
Ag by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Silver (Ag) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
<1
<1
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
As by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Arsenic (As) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
5
19
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Ba by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Barium (Ba) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
322
697
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
5
Be by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Beryllium (Be) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
0.80
1.20
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Bi by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Bismuth (Bi) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
0.12
0.30
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.04
Cd by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Cadmium (Cd) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
0.1
0.4
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Co by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Cobalt (Co) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
8.6
17.9
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Cs by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Cesium (Cs) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
<5
<5
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Cu by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Copper (Cu) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
13.0
64.9
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.5
Ga by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Gadolinium (Ga) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
13.4
19.0
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
In by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Indium (In) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
0.04
0.06
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.02
Li by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Lithium (Li) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
16
36
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Mn by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Manganese (Mn) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
423
1193
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
5
Mo by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Molybdenum (Mo) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
0.54
2.84
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Nb by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Niobium (Nb) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
5.60
9.30
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
P by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Phosphorus (P) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
630
1474
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
10
Rb by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Rubidium (Rb) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
27.7
52.1
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.2
Sc by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Scandium (Sc) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
11.4
19.1
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.5
Sn by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Tin (Sn) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
1.4
2.5
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Sr by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Strontium (Sr) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
214
478
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Te by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Tellurium (Te) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
<0.1
<0.1
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Th by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Thorium (Th) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
3.5
7.5
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.2
Tl by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Thallium (Tl) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
0.2
0.4
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
U by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Uranium (U) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
1.2
2.7
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
V by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Vanadium (V) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
91
157
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
W by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Tungsten (W) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
0.4
1.7
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Y by multi-acid, in mg/kg
Yttrium (Y) content of the multi-acid digested sediment in units of mg/kg
producer defined
13.9
21.4
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Al by sinter, in %
Aluminum (Al) content of the sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
6.48
9.25
weight percent (%)
0.01
Ca by sinter, in %
Calcium (Ca) content of the sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
1.80
3.80
weight percent (%)
0.01
Fe by sinter, in %
Iron (Fe) content of the sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
2.58
4.74
weight percent (%)
0.01
K by sinter, in %
Potassium (K) content of the sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
0.90
1.50
weight percent (%)
0.01
Mg by sinter, in %
Magnesium (Mg) content of the sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
0.99
1.76
weight percent (%)
0.01
Mn by sinter, in %
Manganese (Mn) content of the sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
0.04
0.12
weight percent (%)
0.001
P by sinter, in %
Phosphorus (P) content of the sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
0.06
0.13
weight percent (%)
0.01
S by sinter, in %
Sulfur (S) content of the sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
0.05
0.99
weight percent (%)
0.01
Si by sinter, in %
Silica (Si) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
25.40
29.40
weight percent (%)
0.01
Ti by sinter, in %
Titanium (Ti) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of weight percent (%)
Producer defined
0.42
0.89
weight percent (%)
0.01
Ag by sinter, in mg/kg
Silver (Ag) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
<1
<1
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Ba by sinter, in mg/kg
Barium (Ba) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
323
656
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.5
Be by sinter, in mg/kg
Beryllium (Be) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
<5
<5
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
5
Bi by sinter, in mg/kg
Bismuth (Bi) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
0.1
0.3
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Ce by sinter, in mg/kg
Cerium (Ce) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
32.4
77.1
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Co by sinter, in mg/kg
Cobalt (Co) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
8.5
17.7
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.5
Cr by sinter, in mg/kg
Chromium (Cr) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
50
350
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
10
Cs by sinter, in mg/kg
Cesium (Cs) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
0.9
3.1
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Dy by sinter, in mg/kg
Dysprosium (Dy) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
2.84
5.20
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Er by sinter, in mg/kg
Erbium (Er) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
1.51
3.22
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Eu by sinter, in mg/kg
Europium (Eu) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
0.94
1.30
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Ga by sinter, in mg/kg
Gallium (Ga) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
14
19
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Gd by sinter, in mg/kg
Gadolinium (Gd) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
3.43
5.56
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Ge by sinter, in mg/kg
Germanium (Ge) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
1
2
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Hf by sinter, in mg/kg
Hafnium (Hf) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
4
26
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
In by sinter, in mg/kg
Indium (In) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
<0.2
<0.2
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.2
La by sinter, in mg/kg
Lanthanum (La) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
15.3
38.4
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Li by sinter, in mg/kg
Lithium (Li) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
20
33
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
10
Lu by sinter, in mg/kg
Lutetium (Lu) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
0.24
0.59
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Mo by sinter, in mg/kg
Molybdenum (Mo) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
<2
4
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
2
Nb by sinter, in mg/kg
Niobium (Nb) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
7
12
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Nd by sinter, in mg/kg
Neodymium (Nd) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
16.3
35.6
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Ni by sinter, in mg/kg
Nickel (Ni) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
30
65
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
5
Pb by sinter, in mg/kg
Lead (Pb) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
10
39
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
5
Pr by sinter, in mg/kg
Praseodymium (Pr) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
4.02
9.86
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Rb by sinter, in mg/kg
Rubidium (Rb) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
24.4
53.2
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.2
Sb by sinter, in mg/kg
Antimony (Sb) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
0.3
1.6
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Sc by sinter, in mg/kg
Scandium (Sc) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
12
19
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
5
Sm by sinter, in mg/kg
Samarium (Sm) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
3.6
6.6
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Sn by sinter, in mg/kg
Tin (Sn) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
1
3
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Sr by sinter, in mg/kg
Strontium (Sr) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
242.0
499.0
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Ta by sinter, in mg/kg
Tantalum (Ta) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
<0.5
0.8
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.5
Tb by sinter, in mg/kg
Terbium (Tb) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
0.48
0.80
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
Th by sinter, in mg/kg
Thorium (Th) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
3.5
12.7
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Tl by sinter, in mg/kg
Thallium (Tl) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
<0.5
<0.5
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.5
Tm by sinter, in mg/kg
Thulium (Tm) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
0.25
0.49
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
U by sinter, in mg/kg
Uranium (U) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
1.69
3.91
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.05
W by sinter, in mg/kg
Tungsten (W) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
<1
2
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
1
Y by sinter, in mg/kg
Yttrium (Y) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
15.1
30.7
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.5
Yb by sinter, in mg/kg
Ytterbium (Yb) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
1.4
3.7
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.1
Zn by sinter, in mg/kg
Zinc (Zn) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
65
186
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
5
Zr by sinter, in mg/kg
Zirconium (Zr) content of sinter-digested sediment in units of mg/kg
Producer defined
132
961
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)
0.5
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