Barnett, P.R., and Mallory, E.C., 1971, Determination of minor elements in water by emission spectroscopy: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 5, chap. A2, 31 p.
Brown, Eugene, Skougstad, M.W., and Fishman, M.J., 1970, Methods for collection and analysis of water samples for dissolved minerals and gases: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 5, chap. A1, 160 p.
Fishman, M.J., and Friedman, L.C., 1989, Methods for Determination of Inorganic Substances in Water and Fluvial Sediments: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 5, chap. A1, 545 p.
Skougstad, M.W., Fishman, M.J., Friedman, L.C., Erdmann, D.E., and Duncan, S.S., 1979, Methods for determination of inorganic substances in water and fluvial sediments: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 5, chap. A1, 626 p.
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Wershaw, R.L., Fishman, M.J., Grabbe, R.R., and Lowe, L.E., eds., 1987, Methods for the determination of organic substances in water and fluvial sediments: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 5, chap. A3, 80 p.
Further Information
For copies of these publications, contact as follows:
J.W. Raese (jwraese@usgs.gov),
USGS/NWQL, P.O. Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 95, MS 407,
Denver, CO 80225-0046; telephone 303.236.3464
USGS Earth Science Information Center, Box 25286, Federal Center,
Denver, CO 80225; telephone 303.202.4200
Reports may be examined at major library depositories throughout Colorado or at the National Water Quality Laboratory near Denver.

