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TABLE 7.3. Sources of Soils, Bed Sediments, and Suspended Solids and Their
Surface Areas (SA), Organic Carbon Contents (OC), and Measured Partition
Coefficients (K oc) of CT and DCB at Room Temperature
SA
2
No. Source (m /g) % OC K oc,CT K oc, DCB
Soil Samples
1. Burleigh Co., North Dakota 7.85 2.40 52 263
(U.S. EPA reference soil 2)
2. Oliver Co., North Dakota 1.43 53 277
(U.S. EPA reference soil 3)
3. Pierre, South Dakota 22.4 2.21 63 319
(U.S. EPA reference soil 7)
4. West-central Iowa 8.84 2.04 58 248
(U.S. EPA reference soil 10)
5. Manchester, Ohio 9.38 2.25 57 230
(U.S. EPA reference soil 12)
6. Columbus, Kentucky 3.75 1.73 67 308
(U.S. EPA reference soil 19)
7. Anoka, Minnesota 1.07 1.08 61 261
8. Piketon, Ohio 7.77 1.49 53 263
9. Marlette soil, East Lansing, 3.99 1.80 45 223
Michigan
10. Spinks soil, East Lansing, 1.51 1.03 65 318
Michigan
11. Elliot, Illinois (International 9.79 2.90 49 252
Humic Substances Society
reference soil)
12. Woodburn soil, Corvallis, 11.2 1.26 65 296
Oregon
13. Renslow soil, Kittitas Co., 11.6 2.40 59 340
Washington
14. Sanhedrin soil, Mendocino Co., 7.88 6.09 68 344
California
15. Cathedral soil, Fremont Co., 5.58 3.12 74 407
Colorado
16. Wellsboro soil, Otsego Co., 5.73 3.47 68 383
New York
17. Fangshan District, Beijing, 4.96 5.61 54 262
China
18. Anda, Heilongjiang, China 2.83 67 288
19. Jinxian Co., Jiangxi, China 0.34 53 327
20. Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 1.08 61 236
21. Changshu, Jiangsu, China 1.77 55 253
22. Xuyi Co., Jiangsu, China 54.0 0.67 53 257
23. Jinhu Co., Jiangsu, China 4.02 64 306
24. Hongze Co., Jiangsu, China 22.8 0.81 70 313
25. Dushan Co., Guizhou, China 8.20 2.54 61 315
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