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Soil, Groundwater, Surface Water, and Sediments of Kennedy Space Center, Florida: Background Chemical and Physical CharacteristicsThis study documented background chemical composition of soils, groundwater, surface; water, and sediments of Kennedy Space Center. Two hundred soil samples were collected, 20 each in 10 soil classes. Fifty-one groundwater wells were installed in 4 subaquifers of the Surficial Aquifer and sampled; there were 24 shallow, 16 intermediate, and 11 deep wells. Forty surface water and sediment samples were collected in major watershed basins. All samples were away from sites of known contamination. Samples were analyzed for organochlorine pesticides, aroclors, chlorinated herbicides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), total metals, and other parameters. All aroclors (6) were below detection in all media. Some organochlorine pesticides were detected at very low frequencies in soil, sediment, and surface water. Chlorinated herbicides were detected at very low frequencies in soil and sediments. PAH occurred in low frequencies in soiL, shallow groundwater, surface water, and sediments. Concentrations of some metals differed among soil classes, with subaquifers and depths, and among watershed basins for surface water but not sediments. Most of the variation in metal concentrations was natural, but agriculture had increased Cr, Cu, Mn, and Zn.
Document ID
20000116077
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Shmalzer, Paul A.
(Dynamac Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Hensley, Melissa A.
(Dynamac Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Mota, Mario
(Dynamac Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Hall, Carlton R.
(Dynamac Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Dunlevy, Colleen A.
(Dynamac Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 2000
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:208583
NASA/TM-2000-208583
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS10-12180
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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