The use of strontium and lead isotopes to identify sources of water beneath the Fresh Kills landfill, Staten Island, New York, USA

D. I. Siegel; M. E. Bickford; S. E. Orrell

doi:10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00063-3

The use of strontium and lead isotopes to identify sources of water beneath the Fresh Kills landfill, Staten Island, New York, USA

D. I. Siegel, M. E. Bickford, S. E. Orrell

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences

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A study was undertaken to explore whether the isotopic compositions of Pb and Sr are useful to distinguish mixtures of uncontaminated groundwater, seawater, and landfill leachate at the Fresh Kills landfill, Staten Island, New York. Ratios of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ranged from 0.7088 to 0.7137 and could be used to distinguish Sr that was derived from seawater from that in uncontaminated groundwater. Lead isotopic abundances did not vary systematically among the different water sources. Plots of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr versus dissolved organic C, B, and NH⁺₄ defined perpendicular trends, documenting where leachate or sea water mixed with uncontaminated groundwater, and demonstrating that leachate has not contaminated groundwater in aquifers beneath the landfill.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	493-500
Number of pages	8
Journal	Applied Geochemistry
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00063-3
State	Published - May 1 2000

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