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North-Central Section - 37th Annual Meeting (March 24–25, 2003)

Paper No. 5
Presentation Time: 9:55 AM

ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TOXIC ELEMENTS IN LOESS OF THE MID-CONTINENT


SPENCER, Charles G., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Missouri - Kansas City, 420 Flarsheim Hall, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, spencerc@umkc.edu

Results of analyses of loess samples collected at 17 locations along the Missouri and Kansas Rivers, reveal the presence of a suite of toxic elements, including uranium, thorium, cadmium, lead, arsenic and chromium. The areal distribution of loess, and loess-derived soils, presents the opportunity for migration of contaminants into streams, as both dissolved and suspended loads.

Session No. 4

S9. Recent Progress in Medical Geology
Monday, 24 March 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 35, No. 2, February 2003, p.6
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