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Desert Perchlorate Field Work

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Detailed Description

USGS scientists dig soil pits in Nevada's Amargosa Desert to study the distribution of natural perchlorate and to determine the atmospheric-soil-plant interactions that affected perchlorate's cycling in a terrestrial ecosystem.


Amargosa Desert, Nevada

~17 km south of Beatty; ~20 km east of Death Valley National Park.

Latitude 36deg, 45min, 44.35sec N; Longitude=116deg, 40min, 48.01sec W.

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