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Mass-specific scattering coefficient for natural minerogenic particle populations: particle size distribution effect and closure analyses

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Abstract

The relationship between the particulate scattering coefficient (bp) and the concentration of suspended particulate matter (SPM), as represented by the mass-specific scattering coefficient of particulates (bp*=bp/SPM), depends on particle size distribution (PSD). This dependence is quantified for minerogenic particle populations in this paper through calculations of bp* for common minerals as idealized populations (monodispersed spheres); contemporaneous measurements of bp, SPM, and light-scattering attributes of mineral particles with scanning electron microscopy interfaced with automated image and x-ray analyses (SAX), for a connected stream–reservoir system where minerogenic particles dominate bp; and estimates of bp and its size dependency (through SAX results-driven Mie theory calculations), particle volume concentration, and bp*. Modest changes in minerogenic PSDs are shown to result in substantial variations in bp*. Good closure of the SAX-based estimates of bp and particle volume concentration with bulk measurements is demonstrated. Converging relationships between bp* and particle size, developed from three approaches, were well described by power law expressions.

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