Mobilization of metal-contaminated sediment by ice-jam floods |
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Authors: | J N Moore E M Landrigan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA e-mail: gl_jnm@selway.umt.edu, US |
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Abstract: | A large river ice jam and associated flooding in February 1996 on the Blackfoot and Clark Fork Rivers of western Montana
mobilized large amounts of fine-grained sediment. Metal concentrations in sediment downstream from a reservoir containing
large amounts of contaminated sediment were enriched in metals after the ice jam, while open reaches above the reservoir were
diluted by ice-jam processes. This varied response shows the importance of understanding ice jam events to sediment and metal
transport and suggests that ice jams must be considered as important agents affecting sediment metal concentrations in rivers.
Received: 4 December 1997 · Accepted: 23 February 1998 |
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Keywords: | Metals Sediment Contamination Ice jam Floods |
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