CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RIVERS AND LAKES 



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Table 27. — Analyses, in parts per million, of water from the Hudson Bay drainage 

 [Analyses P-V are unpublished data for the Churchill River drainage in Saskatchewan provided by Dr. D. S. Rawson] 



M 



HCOr 1 



SOr 2 .— 



Cl-i — 



NOr 1 -— 



Ca+» 



Mg+» 



Na+' 



K>' 



Fe 



SiOj 



Total dissolved solids 



93.3 

 21.2 



6 



1 

 25 



9.2 



9.8 



.40 

 19.2 



156.4 

 29.8 

 1.2 

 .44 

 40 

 12.9 



7.5 



.15 

 7.2 



143.5 

 33.8 

 1.3 

 .44 

 38.2 

 12.3 



8.7 



.14 

 6.3 



122.5 

 35.2 

 1.3 

 .61 

 36.8 

 11.7 



7.7 



.08 



244.9 



16.7 



.7 



175.8 

 1.03 

 nil 



133.8 

 2.7 

 nil 



105.6 

 2.9 

 nil 



399 

 16.4 

 1.7 



196 

 6.4 

 1.4 



47.1 

 22.4 



31.1 

 11.6 



27 

 8.5 



20.4 

 2.3 



5.3 



23.7 

 60.2 



6.5 



43.5 

 5.4 



3.6 



ca. 2 



30.2 



.7 



2.9 



.04 



4.1 



nil 



19.2 



nil 

 .4 



185 



256 



245 



66 



.4 



1.6 



.8 



14 



4.3 



3.2 



.06 

 1.4 



91.8 



' Sodium by difference only. 



A. Lac Blouln at Bourlamaque, Quebec. June 20, 1939. Levcrin (1947), analysis 



611. 



B. Lac Duiault north of Noranda, Quebec. Mean of 2 analyses, 1937-39. Leverin 



(1947), analyses 371, 610. 



C. Gull Lake at Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Mean of 2 analyses, 1937-39. Leverin 



(1947), analyses 372, 614. 



D. Pearl Lake at Timmins, Ontario. Apr. 9, 1937. Leverin (1947), analysis 370. 



E. Abitibi River at Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Mean of 2 analyses, 1937-39. Leverin 



(1947), analyses 365, 606. 



F. Mattagami River at Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario. Mean of 2 analyses, 1937-39. 



Leverin (1947), analyses 368, 607. 



G. Kapuskasing River at Kapuskasing, Ontario. Mean of 2 samples, 1937-39. 



Leverin (1947), analyses 366, 608. 

 H. Rainy River at Fort Frances, Ontario. Mean of 3 analyses, 1937-43. Leverin 



(1947), analyses 358, 660, 937. 

 I. Nelson River near Amery, Manitoba. Apr. 9, 1959. Durum, Hcidel, and Ti- 



son (1960). Analysis includes F, 0.0 ppm; Ag, 0.000 ppm; Al, 0.089 ppm; 



B, 0.0036 ppm; Ba, 0.056 ppm; Co, 0.000 ppm; Cr, 0.0047 ppm; Cu, 0.0042 ppm; 



Li, 0.0081 ppm; Mn, <0.0028 ppm; Mo, 0.000 ppm; Ni, 0.0078 ppm; P, 0.000 



ppm; Pb, 0.022 ppm; Rb, <0.0028 ppm; Sr, 0.086 ppm; Ti, 0.0059 ppm; V, 



0.000 ppm; and Zn, 0.000 ppm. 

 J. Lake of the Woods at Kenora, Ontario. Mean of 4 analyses, 1937-43. Leverin 



(1947), analyses 360, 561, 562, 943. 

 K. Lake Winnipeg at Gimli, Manitoba. Depth sample 2 miles offshore, July 27, 



1937. Leverin (1947), analysis 380. 



L. Assiniboine River at Brandon, Manitoba. Mean of 4 analyses, 1937-43. Lev- 

 erin (1947), analyses, 379, 671, 895, 945. 



M. Red Deer River at Red Deer, Alberta. Mean of 3 analyses, 1937-43. Leverin 

 (1947), analyses 385, 572, 944. 



N. South Saskatchewan River at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Mean of 4 analyses. 

 1937-43. Leverin (1947), analyses 382, 565, 893, 939. 



O. North Saskatchewan River at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Mean of 3 anal- 

 yses, 1937-43. Leverin (1947), analyses 384, 567, 938. 



P. Beaver River at bridge east of Minnow Lake, June 3, 1957. Analyst, J. Ingram. 



Q. Canoe Lake, 19 miles west of Beauval, Saskatchewan. Collected in the center 

 of the lake Aug. 13, 1957. Analyst, J. Ingram. 



R. Lac la Ronge. Aug. 3, 1957. Analyst, J. Ingram. 



S. Lac la Plonge, center of the lake. July 4, 1957. Analyst, J. Ingram. 



T. Little Loon Lake, 2 miles east of Glaslyn, Saskatchewan. June 23, 1939. An- 

 alyst, J. E. Moore. 



U. Waskesiu Lake. May 23, 1957. Analyst, J. Ingram. 



V. Wollaston Lake, Fish Plant. Mar. 6, 1957. Analyst, E. C. Bailey. Rawson, 

 1959. 



W. Churchill River east of island off Drachm Point, 8 miles south of Churchill, 

 Manitoba. Sept. 25, 1958. Durum, Heidel, and Tison (1960). Analysis in- 

 cludes F, 0.0 ppm; Ag, 0.00037 ppm; Al, 0.103 ppm; B, 0.013 ppm; Ba, 0.038 

 ppm; Co, 0.000 ppm; Cr, 0.0036 ppm; Cu, 0.0095 ppm; Li, 0.00095 ppm; Mn, 

 0.0026 ppm; Mo, 0.000 ppm; Ni, 0.0056 ppm; P, 0.000 ppm; Pb, 0.0040 ppm; 

 Rb, 0.0011 ppm; Sr, 0.037 ppm; Ti, 0.0031 ppm; and Zn, 0.000 ppm. 



Table 28. — Analyses, in milligrams per liter, of water from lakes 

 in continental west Greenland 



[Analyses from Bocher (1949). Analysis I by K. R0rdam, all others by Werner 

 Christensen] 



■ Includes 408 mg/1 COt. 

 » Includes COi. 



A. Menyanthes Lake, elev 400 m. 



B. KlfSfts0erne, elev 300 m. 



C. Small lake with Sphagnum, elev 400 m. 



D. Lake near Mt. Keglen. 



E. Tasersuatslag. 



F. Lake near StrtSmfjordshavn. 



G. Lille Salts0, Aug. 20, 1946. 

 H. Store SaltSf*. 



I. Tarajomitsog. 



The situation is very different in eastern Europe, 

 where the initial exploratory phase of water chemistry 

 was entered rather recently, after the development of 

 rapid analytical methods. The result has been a great 

 flood of work on the geochemistry of surface waters. 

 Both general analyses and special studies of particular 

 elements (see, for example, Alekin and Moricheva 

 (1956), a careful analysis of the carbonate system) 

 are being carried out, and there are also many important 

 papers dealing with the principles of hydrochemistry. 

 Unfortunately only a very small part of the published 

 work is available in America. 



Another focus of hydrochemical research, the only 

 other one in Eurasia, is in Japan. There, as in the 

 Soviet Union, exploratory hydrochemistry using mod- 

 ern methods is combined with serious geochemical 

 studies, both broad and intensive. For the rest of the 



