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The Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn contents of the sand, silt, and clay fractions were determined for soils, urban street dust and bottom- and suspended-sediments sampled in the Menomonee River watershed, Wisconsin. The samples were dispersed by ultrasound prior to fractionation. The ultrasound dispersion avoids chemical contamination or alteration resulting from use of chemical dispersants and insures the dispersion of aggregates present in mechanically-sieved samples.
Chemical analyses of fractionated samples were more precise than analyses of unfractionated samples in identifying areas in the watershed receiving pollutant inputs. Higher levels of Cr, Cu, Fe, and Ni were found in the coarser particles than in the finer particles of urban street dust samples. The Cd, Pb and Zn contents of some bottom and suspended sediments were greater than in the soils of the watershed. Contents of these metals were correlated significantly with each other in the clay-sized fraction of sediments but not in soils. The metal contents of sediments were largely controlled by vehicular emission.
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Dong, A., Chesters, G. & Simsiman, G.V. Metal composition of soil, sediments, and urban dust and dirt samples from the Menomonee River Watershed, Wisconsin, U.S.A.. Water Air Soil Pollut 22, 257–275 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00159348
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