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Rare Earth Element and Yttrium Variability in South East Queensland Waterways

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We present data for the rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) in the National Research Council of Canada natural river water reference material SLRS-4 and 19 natural river waters from small catchments in South-East Queensland, Australia, by a direct ICP-MS method. The 0.22 μm filtered river water samples show a large degree of variability in both the REY concentration, e.g., La varies from 13 to 1157 ppt, and shape of the alluvial-sediment-normalised REY patterns with different samples displaying light, middle or heavy rare earth enrichment. In addition, a spatial study was undertaken along the freshwater section of Beerburrum Creek, which demonstrates that ~75% of the total REYs in this waterway are removed prior to estuarine mixing without evidence of fractionation.

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    Michael G. Lawrence, Alan Greig, Kenneth D. Collerson & Balz S. Kamber

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Lawrence, M.G., Greig, A., Collerson, K.D. et al. Rare Earth Element and Yttrium Variability in South East Queensland Waterways. Aquat Geochem 12, 39–72 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10498-005-4471-8

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