Distribution of calcium carbonate in desert soils: A model

Research Article| April 01, 1988 Distribution of calcium carbonate in desert soils: A model Larry Mayer; Larry Mayer 1Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Leslie D. McFadden; Leslie D. McFadden 2Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jennifer W. Harden Jennifer W. Harden 3U.S. Geological Survey, M.S. 975, Menlo Park, California 94025 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Larry Mayer 1Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056 Leslie D. McFadden 2Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 Jennifer W. Harden 3U.S. Geological Survey, M.S. 975, Menlo Park, California 94025 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1988) 16 (4): 303–306. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0303:DOCCID>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Larry Mayer, Leslie D. McFadden, Jennifer W. Harden; Distribution of calcium carbonate in desert soils: A model. Geology 1988;; 16 (4): 303–306. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0303:DOCCID>2.3.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 SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract A model that describes the distribution of calcium carbonate in desert soils as a function of dust flux, time, climate, and other soil-forming factors shows which factors most strongly influence the accumulation of carbonate and can be used to evaluate carbonate-based soil age estimates or paleoclimatic reconstructions. Models for late Holocene soils have produced carbonate distributions that are very similar to those of well-dated soils in New Mexico and southern California. These results suggest that (1) present climate is a fair representation of late Holocene climate, (2) carbonate dust flux can be approximated by its Holocene rate, and (3) changes in climate and/or dust flux at the end of the Pleistocene effected profound and complex changes in soil carbonate distributions. Both higher carbonate dust flux and greater effective precipitation are required during the latest Pleistocene-early Holocene to explain carbonate distributions in latest Pleistocene soils. 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.