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An Equation of State for Hypersaline Water in Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

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2011

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Naftz, David L, Millero, Frank J, Jones, Blair F, and Green, W Reed, 2011, An Equation of State for Hypersaline Water in Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA: Aquatic Geochemistry, v. 17, iss. 6, p. 809-820.

Summary

Great Salt Lake (GSL) is one of the largest and most saline lakes in the world. In order to accurately model limnological processes in GSL, hydrodynamic calculations require the precise estimation of water density (ρ) under a variety of environmental conditions. An equation of state was developed with water samples collected from GSL to estimate density as a function of salinity and water temperature. The ρ of water samples from the south arm of GSL was measured as a function of temperature ranging from 278 to 323 degrees Kelvin (oK) and conductivity salinities ranging from 23 to 182 g L−1 using an Anton Paar density meter. These results have been used to develop the following equation of state for GSL (σ = ± 0.32 kg m−3): ρ−ρ0=184.01062+1.04708∗S−1.21061∗T [...]

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Added to ScienceBase on Fri Apr 19 10:46:22 MDT 2013 by processing file <b>Former Project Mineral-Water Interaction in Saline Environments.xml</b> in item <a href="https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5140bfcce4b06685e5dba686">https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5140bfcce4b06685e5dba686</a>

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DOI http://sciencebase.gov/vocab/identifierScheme 10.1007/s10498-011-9138-z

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