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Atmospheric dust in modern soil on aeolian sandstone, Colorado Plateau (USA): Variation with landscape position and contribution to potential plant nutrients Atmospheric dust in modern soil on aeolian sandstone, Colorado Plateau (USA): Variation with landscape position and contribution to potential plant nutrients

Rock-derived nutrients in soils originate from both local bedrock and atmospheric dust, including dust from far-distant sources. Distinction between fine particles derived from local bedrock and from dust provides better understanding of the landscape-scale distribution and abundance of soil nutrients. Sandy surficial deposits over dominantly sandstone substrates, covering vast upland...
Authors
Richard L. Reynolds, J. Neff, Marith C. Reheis, Paul J. Lamothe

Developing a bubble number-density paleoclimatic indicator for glacier ice Developing a bubble number-density paleoclimatic indicator for glacier ice

Past accumulation rate can be estimated from the measured number-density of bubbles in an ice core and the reconstructed paleotemperature, using a new technique. Density increase and grain growth in polar firn are both controlled by temperature and accumulation rate, and the integrated effects are recorded in the number-density of bubbles as the firn changes to ice. An empirical model of...
Authors
M. K. Spencer, R. B. Alley, J. J. Fitzpatrick

Ice sheets and sea level: response Ice sheets and sea level: response

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Authors
Jonathan T. Overpeck, Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, Gifford H. Miller, Richard B. Alley, Daniel R. Muhs, Shawn J. Marshall

Acoustic stratigraphy of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: late Quaternary sedimentation patterns in a simple half-graben Acoustic stratigraphy of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho: late Quaternary sedimentation patterns in a simple half-graben

A 277-km network of high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles, supplemented with a sidescan-sonar mosaic of the lake floor, was collected in Bear Lake, Utah–Idaho, in order to explore the sedimentary framework of the lake's paleoclimate record. The acoustic stratigraphy is tied to a 120 m deep, continuously cored drill hole in the lake. Based on the age model for the drill core, the...
Authors
Steven M. Colman

Soil respiration in the cold desert environment of the Colorado Plateau (USA): Abiotic regulators and thresholds Soil respiration in the cold desert environment of the Colorado Plateau (USA): Abiotic regulators and thresholds

Decomposition is central to understanding ecosystem carbon exchange and nutrient-release processes. Unlike mesic ecosystems, which have been extensively studied, xeric landscapes have received little attention; as a result, abiotic soil-respiration regulatory processes are poorly understood in xeric environments. To provide a more complete and quantitative understanding about how abiotic...
Authors
D. P. Fernandez, J. C. Neff, Jayne Belnap, Richard L. Reynolds

Understanding the spatial heterogeneity of global environmental change in mountain regions Understanding the spatial heterogeneity of global environmental change in mountain regions

One of the challenges for global environmental change research is to understand how future climate changes will be expressed in mountain regions. The physiographic complexity of mountains creates environments that can be highly variable over relatively short distances. This spatial heterogeneity reflects a hierarchy of environmental controls. At regional scales, insolation and...
Authors
Sarah Shafer, Patrick J. Bartlein, Cathy Whitlock

Radiocarbon dating of cores collected from Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho Radiocarbon dating of cores collected from Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho

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Authors
Steven M. Colman, Darrell S. Kaufman, Joseph G. Rosenbaum, John P. McGeehin
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