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Table 5. Mixing end-members for modern LIS waters (element data in ppm, stable isotope ratios in ‰). Sr isotope data are from the Hudson River (PALMER and EDMOND, 1989; 1992). Elemental analysis are a composite from data from the Connecticut River, Thames River and Housatonic River (VAREKAMP, unpublished data). The d 18O values are after ROZANSKI et al. (1993) and the d13C data are after ANDERSON and ARTHUR (1983).

 

S ‰

 

Ca

 

Mg

 

Sr

 

87Sr/86Sr

 

d18O

 

Sr/Ca

 

d13C

 

HCO3-

 

Mg/Ca

 

Ocean

 

35

 

412

 

1290

 

8

 

0.7092

 

0

 

0.0194

 

0

 

140

 

3.13

 

River

 

0

 

20

 

8

 

0.13

 

0.7118

 

-9.5

 

0.0065

 

-9.5

 

70

 

0.40