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TABLE 5 . Cation exchange capacities (NaOAcetate at pH 8 .2) for
sediments of Mackenzie watershed rivers and lakes, Mackenzie
Delta and Beaufort Sea . See Campbell et al . (1975) for
details on sediment mineralogy and chemistry .
Location Types of Samples- Number of
Samples
Cation exchange I
capacity
(meq/100 g)
Liard River, near
Ft . Simpson Suspended sediment 1 11
Liard River, near
Ft . Simpson Bank sediment 1 21
Martin River Suspended sediment 1 9 .1
Mackenzie Delta
Channels (1)
Mackenzie Delta
Lakes (2)
Shell Lake, near
Inuvik
Fine bottom and
shore sediments 9 8 .9 - 23
Bottom sediments from
near maximum depth 9 7 .1 - 36
Bottom sediment from
near maximum depth 1 46 .6
Kugmallit Bay (3) Bottom sediments 4 8 .5 - 13
Beaufort Sea, near
the outer Delta Bottom sediments 6 8 .3 - 18 .4
Island (4)
(1) Stations EC1-1, EC1-2, EC1-3, EC3-1, EC3-2, EC3-3, EC4-1, EC4-2, EC4-3 .'
See Brunskill et al . (1973), Appendix 1 for locations of stations .
(2) Lakes 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, C4, 4C and EC2 . See Brunskill et al . (1973),
Appendix 1 for locations of stations .
(3) Stations KU4 and KU5 . See Brunskill et al . (1973), Appendix 1, for
locations of stations .
(4) Stations BS13, BS15, and BS26 . See Brunskill et al . (1973), Appendix
1, for locations of stations .