| Title | Concentration-Runoff Relationships of Contrasting Small Mountainous Rivers in the Pacific Northwest, USA: Insights into the Weathering of Rhenium |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2022 |
| Authors | Ghazi, Layla |
| Academic Department | College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 110 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Calapooya Creek, chemistry, Clear Water River, Cow Creek, Eel River Basin, geology, hydrology, Little River, Little Wolf Creek, Lookingglass Creek, North Umpqua River, precipitation, Rhenium, Runoff, sediments, South Umpqua River, Steamboat Creek, streamflow, Umpqua River, Umpqua River Basin |
| Notes | The author of this Master’s thesis uses a rare trace element (Rhenium) to explore differences in sediment loads in the Umpqua and Eel rivers. Because rhenium behaves differently from other elements, it is a useful tracer of the oxygenation of carbon in rocks. “The results of this study suggest that dissolved Re [rhenium] in the Eel and Umpqua River basins is likely derived from OCpetro [oxidation of petrogenic carbon] oxidation, and Re fluxes are higher in areas with higher erosion rates, suggesting that tectonic setting is one factor that controls OCpetro oxidation” (from the Abstract). |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/9s161f095 |
