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TABLE 7.3. Continued
SA
2
No. Source (m /g) % OC K oc,CT K oc, DCB
26. Gangcha Co., Qinghai, China 4.21 1.12 62 295
27. Xinghai Co., Qinghai, China 2.86 0.16 59 264
28. Luochuan Co., Shanxi, China 0.46 66 315
29. Yishan Co., Guangxi, China 40.2 0.66 66 275
30. Yangchun Co., Guangdong, 0.83 64 293
China
31. Xuwen Co., Guangdong, China 0.64 55 257
32. Qiongzhong Co., Hainan, 4.85 0.34 62 304
China

Bed-Sediment Samples
1. Isaacs Creek at Ohio River, 20.2 1.50 66 301
near Ripley, Ohio (U.S. EPA
reference sediment 11)
2. Mississippi River, near 22.1 0.79 103 476
Columbus, Kentucky (U.S.
EPA reference sediment 18)
3. Illinois River, near Lacon, 3.39 2.20 116 572
Illinois (U.S. EPA reference
sediment 22)
4. Kaskaskia River, Illinois 7.60 0.99 90 444
(U.S. EPA reference
sediment 25)
5. Mississippi River (Pool 2), 5.90 1.50 94 441
St Paul, Minnesota
6. Mississippi River (Pool 11), 4.86 1.13 87 370
Guttenburg, Iowa
7. Mississippi River (Pool 26), 15.5 1.40 91 387
Alton, Illinois
8. Mississippi River, Helena, 12.8 1.60 109 534
Arkansas
9. Yazoo River, Vicksburg, 19.7 0.58 119 499
Mississippi
10. Mississippi River, St. 8.09 0.40 119 549
Francisville, Louisiana
11. Lake Charles, adjacent to the 13.3 1.97 112 536
Calcasieu River, Lake
Charles, Louisiana
12. Marine sediment from Suisin 15.7 1.17 105 516
Bay, northern San Francisco
Bay, site 408.1
13. Marine sediment from Suisin 21.6 1.48 107 532
Bay, northern San Francisco
Bay, site 416