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<br />1787 <br /> <br />Where reported, trace-element loads were computed by multiplying the trace-element concentration times the <br /> <br /> <br />einstantaneous streamflow of the respective sample. Trace-element load estimates provide a general charactetization <br /> <br />of the seasonal trace-element load sources and are reported for the seven main-stem river reaches downstream from <br /> <br />Leadville. Within each of the seven tiver reaches, instantaneous rrace-element loads were estimated for the major <br /> <br />tributaries and for the main-stem site at the upstream end of its respective reach. These loads were compared to the <br /> <br />trace-element load at the main-stem site located at the downstream end of its respective reach, in order to estimate <br /> <br />the percentage of trace-element load contributed by the tributaries and by the main-stem river in each of the seven <br /> <br />reaches. Storm runoff was sampled only once in the upper basin. Because storm runoff can transport substantial <br /> <br />amounts of trace-element enriched sediment, stonn loads are under represented in the load estimates. Loads are not <br /> <br />reported for the reach above Leadville, because the sampling site on the East Fork of the Arkansas River was <br /> <br />upstream from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (table I), which is the single largest irace-element source in the <br /> <br />reach. Therefore, trace-element loading from the East Fork of the Arkansas River could not be accurately estimated. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. ::.':'.:~.'.;,'.:.'.~." ;~:""';'~"':.:.~.~;.'.':~.- ~';.'.'_'~ .~. ;:.:~'~;:_'.;.'.:."" '.;.i., Ii'. 0-;-' -... '-- <br />~ - .'- .~, :-'-- ~~;~~;;~~~~.~ <br /> <br />(: I. ~,I' p .. <br />...:J~::>JS~'1 fO .\~VJSIOn <br />'}:) NOT QUOTE ()R Rj:l::A~~ <br />- --'-. .,,- <br />?:)r::ii:'lf) Ap:J;"o'/a! by Dircc~cr, <br />.. ~ ~ I . I' <br />t~.~. "';:~O.C:~~~::~l ~~r~t~~' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />. ~... '. <br />