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Connecticut (dissolved osmium)

Connecticut basin, United States

Rivers and surface water

Type
River or surface water

River quoted by Sharma et al. (1999, Table 1) as a comparison for Himalayan rivers. Sampled at Wells River (Vermont), basin of Paleozoic terranes (Sharma and Wasserburg, 1997).

187Os/188Os isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system

Standard : Rapport absolu, sans standard de référence

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
1.051river water (dissolved load)
Single analysis: measured 187Os/186Os 7.1 ± 0.4, 8.8 after a blank correction scaled on the Mississippi. Dissolved Os 13.6 ± 0.9 fmol/kg, the lowest content of the four rivers. With the normal 186Os/188Os ratio of Table 1 (0.11995), one would get 1.25, 1.73, 1.06 and 1.28 for the Mississippi, Columbia, Connecticut and Vistula.
Sharma & Wasserburg (1997), Osmium in the rivers, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61(24):…

Deposits of the same type

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IsoFind Atlas (2026). Connecticut (dissolved osmium), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/connecticut-osmium-dissous/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

@misc{isofind2026connecticutdissolvedosmiumiso,
  title = {Connecticut (dissolved osmium), isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/connecticut-osmium-dissous/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

Updated : 2026-10-20