Soil Contamination in the White Mountains, Eastern California

Research Article| August 01, 1970 Soil Contamination in the White Mountains, Eastern California DENIS E MARCHAND DENIS E MARCHAND Department of Geology and Geography, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information DENIS E MARCHAND Department of Geology and Geography, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837 Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 02 Oct 1969 Revision Received: 14 Feb 1970 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1970, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1970) 81 (8): 2497–2506. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1970)81[2497:SCITWM]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 02 Oct 1969 Revision Received: 14 Feb 1970 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation DENIS E MARCHAND; Soil Contamination in the White Mountains, Eastern California. GSA Bulletin 1970;; 81 (8): 2497–2506. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1970)81[2497:SCITWM]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Mineralogical investigation of lithosols formed on dolomite in a semiarid, subalpine environment reveals up to 30 percent contamination of the very fine sand fraction by rhyolitic ash from a distant source and as much as 50 percent local contamination of the silt fraction, largely attributable to aeolian processes. Total extraneous particles range from 3 to 73 percent in sand or silt fractions of a given soil sample. Short-term dust-trap and snow-residue collections place minimum aeolian deposition at approximately 0.00014 grams sq cm−1 yr−1, a rate sufficient to account for the amounts of observed contamination. The data emphasize the need for precaution in interpretation of soil mineralogy and chemistry, under many climatic and topographic influences and in areas subject to Pleistocene volcanism. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.