background: Background Concentrations

In inldata: Collection of Datasets for the USGS-INL Aquifer Monitoring Networks

Description

Water-quality background concentrations for selected radionuclides, organic compounds, and chemical constituents analyzed for in water from the Eastern Snake River Plain aquifer at and near the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Background concentrations are either naturally occurring or anthropogenic, and are not influenced by waste and wastewater disposal at the INL (Bartholomay and Hall, 2016, p. 3).

Usage

background

Format

A data frame with 73 records and 4 variables:

parm_cd

U.S. Geological Survey 5-digit parameter code, see parameters dataset for details.

bkgrd_min, bkgrd_max

minimum and maximum limits of background concentration

reference

source of background concentration limits. Reference citations are: "Bartholomay and Hall (2016)", "Knobel and others (1992)", "Michel (1989)", and "Orr and others (1991)".

Row names for the data frame indicate the Substance Registry Services (SRS) name and parameter units.

References

Bartholomay, R.C., and Hall, L.F., 2016, Evaluation of background concentrations of selected chemical and radiochemical constituents in groundwater in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer at and near the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016–5056, (DOE/ID–22237), 19 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165056.

Knobel, L.L., Orr, B.R., and Cecil, L.D., 1992, Summary of background concentrations of selected radiochemical and chemical constituents in groundwater from the Snake River Plain aquifer, Idaho: estimated from an analysis of previously published data: Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science, v. 28, no. 1, p. 48–61.

Michel, R.L., 1989, Tritium deposition in the continental United States, 1953–83: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 89–4072, 46 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri894072.

Orr, B.R., Cecil, L.D., and Knobel, L.L., 1991, Background concentrations of selected radionuclides, organic compounds, and chemical constituents in ground water in the vicinity of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91–4015 (DOE/ID–22094), 52 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri914015.

Examples

str(background)
rownames(background)

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