UraniumTDS: Groundwater Quality

In USGS-R/smwrData: Example hydrologic data to support statistical methods in water resources

Groundwater Quality

Description

Uranium and total dissolved solids in groundwaters of differing bicarbonate concentrations.

Usage

UraniumTDS

Format

Data frame with 44 rows and 3 columns

Name	Type	Description
TDS	numeric	Total dissolved solids concentration, in milligrams per liter
Uranium	numeric	Uranium concentration, in parts per billion
HCO3	factor	Bicarbonate concentration relative to total anions

Source

Appendix C16 in Helsel and Hirsch (2002).

References

Helsel, D.R., and Hirsch, R.M., 2002, Statistical methods in water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 4, chap. A3, 522 p.

Examples

data(UraniumTDS)
# The concentration of bicarbonate affects the relation between Uranium and TDS
# Bicarbonate concentration > 50% is plotted in red
with(UraniumTDS, plot(Uranium, TDS, col=HCO3, log='y'))

USGS-R/smwrData documentation built on Oct. 18, 2022, 9:56 a.m.