Masters Theses
Abstract
"This study was initiated to determine the background concentrations of copper, lead, and zinc in the streams of the Viburnum Trend or New Lead Belt of southeast Missouri. Analytical methods were developed for atomic adsorption spectroscopy. These methods initially consisted of coextraction of cooper, lead, and zinc using the APDC/MIBK system, and finally of extraction of copper by APDC/MIBK and direct analysis of lead and zinc using the newly developed "Sampling Boat" technique. The data obtained from these analyses were arranged in histograms and critically analyzed. The background concentrations were established to be 4-6 ppb for all three elements. Methods are presented for identifying both short term and long term contamination by using the data distributions. Short term contamination of a factor of 2-3 was determined to occur on the Bee Fork below the St. Joseph Lead Company's Fletcher Mine. The data distributions were not useful for geochemical prospecting under the studied geological conditions. It is recommended that future studies be initiated in order to establish the degree of long term contamination introduced by the industrialization of this beautiful area"--Abstract, page ii.
Advisor(s)
Bolter, Ernst
Committee Member(s)
Wixson, Bobby G.
Manuel, O. (Oliver), 1936-
Department(s)
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Geology
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
1969
Pagination
ix, 77 pages, 1 plate
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 23).
Geographic Coverage
Missouri
New Lead Belt Region (Mo.)
Rights
© 1969 Nicholas Howard Tibbs, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Water-supply -- Missouri
Water-Supply -- Missouri -- New Lead Belt
Trace elements in water -- Analysis
Zinc
Lead
Copper
Thesis Number
T 2253
Print OCLC #
6009313
Electronic OCLC #
854562998
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Tibbs, Nicholas Howard, "The background concentrations of copper, lead, and zinc in streams of the "New Lead Belt", Missouri" (1969). Masters Theses. 7106.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/7106
