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When river water mixes with sea water in estuary area, the concentrations of the dissolved element in river water may be changed by either a simple physical mixing process or some complex chemical processes. It has been clarified in the Chikugogawa River estuary area that the change in concentrations of SO 2−4 , BO 3−3 , Mg2+, Ca2+ and F− is only due to the mixing process but the change in concentrations of SiO 2−3 and Al3+ is due to the chemical process in addition to the mixing process.
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Hosokawa, I., Ohshima, F. & Kondo, N. On the Concentrations of the Dissolved Chemical Elements in the Estuary Water of the Chikugogawa River. Journ. Oceanogr. Soc. Japan 26, 1–5 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764549
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