Aiello_XRF_Elkhorn Slough_data.pdfThis report contains a subset of preliminary elemental data collected in the Elkhorn Slough wetlands using a portable X-ray Fluorescence detector (XRF) in July 2023 and January 2025 after the after the Vistra Power Plant's lithium-ion battery storage facility fire.

This report contains a subset of preliminary elemental data collected in the Elkhorn Slough wetlands using a portable X-ray Fluorescence detector (XRF). The XRF measurements were re-taken by Dr. Aiello with the same instrument in the same quadrats in the days after the Vistra Power Plant's lithium-ion battery storage facility fire. Here, data from a subset of these quadrats is shown to illustrate both the spatial variation and the overall increase in likely battery-associated metals.