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- Title
Chemistry of the Urauchi River Water in Iriomote Island National Park, Okinawa, Japan.
- Authors
Ishiki, Maki; Sakihama, Hideaki; Agata, Seizen; Tokuyama, Akira
- Abstract
The chemical characteristics of the Urauchi River water in Iriomote Island National park, Okinawa, Japan have been studied. Concentrations of PO43−, NO2−, and NH4+ were barely detectable. We compared the concentration ratios of Mg2+/Na+, HCO3−/Na+, and Ca2+/Na+ in the Urauchi River to those of 60 large rivers in the world and indicated that the chemical composition of the river is most likely formed by the binary mixing of sea salt components and silicate rock weathering components. Although rock weathering in the catchments area is driven by both H2CO3 and H2SO4, the role of H2CO3 is dominant. The percentages of the concentration of each cation in the river water are almost the same as those of other rivers with drainage areas consisting of silicate rock and sandstone. Thus, the Urauchi River shows the typical chemical characteristics of a river in a silicate rock area that includes sandstone.
- Subjects
IRIOMOTE Island (Japan); JAPAN; WATER chemistry; CHEMICAL weathering; SANDSTONE; SILICEOUS rocks; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVERS
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2009, Vol 198, Issue 1-4, p111
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11270-008-9830-9