Corey Lawrence (Former Employee)
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Soil data release of U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1590, collected across the Western United States between 1975 and 1983 Soil data release of U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1590, collected across the Western United States between 1975 and 1983
Early studies of soil formation highlighted several key factors that together determine the degree of soil pedogenesis, which include climate, organisms (including vegetation), topography, and parent material (Jenny H.; 1941; Factors of Soil Formation, a System of Quantitative Pedology; https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj1941.00021962003300090016x). A soil chronosequence is defined as a...
Abiotic sorption of glucose, glutamic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, and oxalic acid onto amorphous aluminum hydroxide, feldspar, ferrihydrite, and kaolinite Abiotic sorption of glucose, glutamic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, and oxalic acid onto amorphous aluminum hydroxide, feldspar, ferrihydrite, and kaolinite
Abiotic sorption experiments were conducted with four carbon substrates (glucose, glutamic acid, oxalic acid, para-hydroxybenzoic acid) on four clay minerals (kaolinite, feldspar, ferrihydrite, amorphous aluminum hydroxide) after sterilization by gamma irradiation. The adsorption isotherms were carried across a range of substrate carbon concentrations (0, 20, 100, and 500 mg carbon per L...
U.S. Geological Survey Soil Sample Archive U.S. Geological Survey Soil Sample Archive
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Soil Sample Archive is a database of information describing soil and sediment samples collected in support of USGS science. Samples in the archive have been registered with International Generic Sample Numbers, relabeled with bar-coded sample labels, and repacked in containers for long-term preservation. Details of sample collection location, collection...
Data from a reactive transport modeling study of cave seepage water chemistry Data from a reactive transport modeling study of cave seepage water chemistry
Karst systems are useful for examining spatial and temporal variability in Critical Zone processes because they provide a window into the subsurface where waters have interacted with vegetation, soils, regolith, and bedrock across a range of length and time scales. The majority of Critical Zone research has emphasized silicate lithologies, which are typified by relatively slow rates of...
Soil Biogeochemical Data from a Marine Terrace Soil Climo-Chronosequence Comparison Soil Biogeochemical Data from a Marine Terrace Soil Climo-Chronosequence Comparison
The storage and persistence of soil organic matter (SOM) is of critical importance to soil health, and to the terrestrial carbon cycle with implications for long-term climate change. To better understand the spatio-temporal controls on SOM, we have developed a new dataset spanning two previously described marine terrace soil chronosequences from northern, CA, USA: the Santa Cruz and the...
A sequential selective dissolution method to quantify storage and stability of organic carbon associated with Al and Fe hydroxide phases A sequential selective dissolution method to quantify storage and stability of organic carbon associated with Al and Fe hydroxide phases
Stabilization of SOM (soil organic matter) is regulated in part by sorption and desorption reactions happening at mineral surfaces, as well as precipitation and dissolution of organo-metal complexes. Fe and Al hydroxides play a particularly significant role in SOM stabilization in soils due to their ubiquitous distribution and their highly reactive surface properties. Iron and Al...
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Mechanisms for retention of low molecular weight organic carbon varies with soil depth at a coastal prairie ecosystem Mechanisms for retention of low molecular weight organic carbon varies with soil depth at a coastal prairie ecosystem
Though primary sources of carbon (C) to soil are plant inputs (e.g., rhizodeposits), the role of microorganisms as mediators of soil organic carbon (SOC) retention is increasingly recognized. Yet, insufficient knowledge of sub-soil processes complicates attempts to describe microbial-driven C cycling at depth as most studies of microbial-mineral-C interactions focus on surface horizons...
Authors
Jack McFarland, Corey Lawrence, Courtney Creamer, Marjorie S. Schulz, Christopher H. Conaway, Sara Peek, Mark Waldrop, Sabrina N. Sevilgen, Monica Haw
Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence
Understanding the controls on the amount and persistence of soil organic carbon (C) is essential for predicting its sensitivity to global change. The response may depend on whether C is unprotected, isolated within aggregates, or protected from decomposition by mineral associations. Here, we present a global synthesis of the relative influence of environmental factors on soil organic C
Authors
Katherine Heckman, Caitlin E. Hicks Pries, Corey Lawrence, Craig Rasmussen, Susan E. Crow, Alison M. Hoyt, Sophie F. von Fromm, Zheng Shi, Shane Stoner, Casey McGrath, Jeffery Beem-Miller, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Joseph C. Blankinship, Marco Keiluweit, Erika Marín-Spiotta, J. Grey Monroe, Alain F. Plante, Joshua Schimel, Carlos A. Sierra, Aaron Thompson, Rota Wagai
Concentration-discharge relationships of dissolved rhenium in Alpine catchments reveal its use as a tracer of oxidative weathering Concentration-discharge relationships of dissolved rhenium in Alpine catchments reveal its use as a tracer of oxidative weathering
Oxidative weathering of sedimentary rocks plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. Rhenium (Re) has been proposed as a tracer of rock organic carbon (OCpetro) oxidation. However, the sources of Re and its mobilization by hydrological processes remain poorly constrained. Here we examine dissolved Re as a function of water discharge, using samples collected from three alpine...
Authors
Robert Hilton, Jens M. Turowski, Matthew Winnick, Mathieu Dellinger, Patrick Schleppi, Kenneth H. Williams, Corey Lawrence, Katharine Maher, Martin West, Amanda Hayton
The trajectory of soil development and its relationship to soil carbon dynamics The trajectory of soil development and its relationship to soil carbon dynamics
It has been postulated that the amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) associated with soil minerals exhibits a threshold relationship in response to effective soil moisture (estimated as precipitation less evapotranspiration). To better characterize the role of moisture in influencing mechanisms of SOC storage during pedogenesis, we compare soils from two different chronosequence sites...
Authors
Corey Lawrence, Marjorie S. Schulz, Caroline Masiello, Oliver A. Chadwick, Jennifer W. Harden
A reactive transport approach to modeling cave seepage water chemistry II: Elemental signatures A reactive transport approach to modeling cave seepage water chemistry II: Elemental signatures
Karst systems are useful for examining spatial and temporal variability in Critical Zone processes because they provide a window into the subsurface where waters have interacted with vegetation, soils, regolith, and bedrock across a range of length and timescales. These hydrologic pathways frequently include the precipitation of speleothems, which provide long-term archives of climate...
Authors
Jessica Oster, Aaron Covey, Corey Lawrence, Max Giannetta, Jennifer Druhan
A reactive transport approach to modeling cave seepage water chemistry I: Carbon isotope transformations A reactive transport approach to modeling cave seepage water chemistry I: Carbon isotope transformations
The majority of Critical Zone research has emphasized silicate lithologies, which are typified by relatively slow rates of reactivity and incongruent weathering. However, the relatively simpler weathering of carbonate-dominated lithology can result in secondary mineral deposits, such as speleothems, which provide a long-term archive for Critical Zone processes. In particular, carbon...
Authors
Jennifer Druhan, Corey Lawrence, Aaron Covey, Max Giannetta, Jessica Oster
Non-USGS Publications**
Lawrence, C.R., Neff, J.C., and Farmer, G.L., 2011, The accretion of aeolian dust in soils of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA: Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(F2). doi:10.1029/2010JF001899
Ballantyne, A.P., Brahney, J., Fernandez, D., Lawrence, C.R., Saros, J., and Neff, J.C., 2011, Biogeochemical response of alpine lakes to a recent increase in dust deposition in the Southwestern, US: Biogeosciences, 8, 2689-2706. doi:10.5194/bg-8-2689-2011
Lawrence, C.R., Painter, T.H., Landry, C.C., and Neff, J.C., 2010, Contemporary geochemical composition and flux of aeolian dust to the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, United States: Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, G03007, doi:10.1029/2009JG001077.
Lawrence, C.R. and Neff, J.C., 2009, The contemporary physical and chemical flux of aeolian dust: A synthesis of direct measurements of dust deposition: Chemical Geology 267: 46-63.
Lawrence, C.R., Neff, J.C. and Schimel, J.S., 2009, Does adding microbial mechanisms of decomposition improve soil organic matter models? A comparison of four models using data from a pulsed rewetting experiment: Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41: 1923-1934.
Neff, J.C., Ballantyne, A.P., Farmer, G.L., Mahowald, N., Conroy, J.L., Landry, C.C., Overpeck, J.T., Painter, T.H., Lawrence, C.R. and Reynolds, R.L., 2008, Increasing eolian dust deposition in the Western United States linked to human activity: Nature Geoscience, 1(3): 189-195.
Painter, T.H., Barrett, A.P., Landry, C.C., Neff, J.C., Cassidy, M.P., Lawrence, C.R., McBride, K.E. and Farmer, G.L., 2007, Impact of disturbed desert soils on duration of mountain snow cover: Geophysical Research Letters, 34(12).
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 14
Soil data release of U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1590, collected across the Western United States between 1975 and 1983 Soil data release of U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1590, collected across the Western United States between 1975 and 1983
Early studies of soil formation highlighted several key factors that together determine the degree of soil pedogenesis, which include climate, organisms (including vegetation), topography, and parent material (Jenny H.; 1941; Factors of Soil Formation, a System of Quantitative Pedology; https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj1941.00021962003300090016x). A soil chronosequence is defined as a...
Abiotic sorption of glucose, glutamic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, and oxalic acid onto amorphous aluminum hydroxide, feldspar, ferrihydrite, and kaolinite Abiotic sorption of glucose, glutamic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, and oxalic acid onto amorphous aluminum hydroxide, feldspar, ferrihydrite, and kaolinite
Abiotic sorption experiments were conducted with four carbon substrates (glucose, glutamic acid, oxalic acid, para-hydroxybenzoic acid) on four clay minerals (kaolinite, feldspar, ferrihydrite, amorphous aluminum hydroxide) after sterilization by gamma irradiation. The adsorption isotherms were carried across a range of substrate carbon concentrations (0, 20, 100, and 500 mg carbon per L...
U.S. Geological Survey Soil Sample Archive U.S. Geological Survey Soil Sample Archive
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Soil Sample Archive is a database of information describing soil and sediment samples collected in support of USGS science. Samples in the archive have been registered with International Generic Sample Numbers, relabeled with bar-coded sample labels, and repacked in containers for long-term preservation. Details of sample collection location, collection...
Data from a reactive transport modeling study of cave seepage water chemistry Data from a reactive transport modeling study of cave seepage water chemistry
Karst systems are useful for examining spatial and temporal variability in Critical Zone processes because they provide a window into the subsurface where waters have interacted with vegetation, soils, regolith, and bedrock across a range of length and time scales. The majority of Critical Zone research has emphasized silicate lithologies, which are typified by relatively slow rates of...
Soil Biogeochemical Data from a Marine Terrace Soil Climo-Chronosequence Comparison Soil Biogeochemical Data from a Marine Terrace Soil Climo-Chronosequence Comparison
The storage and persistence of soil organic matter (SOM) is of critical importance to soil health, and to the terrestrial carbon cycle with implications for long-term climate change. To better understand the spatio-temporal controls on SOM, we have developed a new dataset spanning two previously described marine terrace soil chronosequences from northern, CA, USA: the Santa Cruz and the...
A sequential selective dissolution method to quantify storage and stability of organic carbon associated with Al and Fe hydroxide phases A sequential selective dissolution method to quantify storage and stability of organic carbon associated with Al and Fe hydroxide phases
Stabilization of SOM (soil organic matter) is regulated in part by sorption and desorption reactions happening at mineral surfaces, as well as precipitation and dissolution of organo-metal complexes. Fe and Al hydroxides play a particularly significant role in SOM stabilization in soils due to their ubiquitous distribution and their highly reactive surface properties. Iron and Al...
Filter Total Items: 34
Mechanisms for retention of low molecular weight organic carbon varies with soil depth at a coastal prairie ecosystem Mechanisms for retention of low molecular weight organic carbon varies with soil depth at a coastal prairie ecosystem
Though primary sources of carbon (C) to soil are plant inputs (e.g., rhizodeposits), the role of microorganisms as mediators of soil organic carbon (SOC) retention is increasingly recognized. Yet, insufficient knowledge of sub-soil processes complicates attempts to describe microbial-driven C cycling at depth as most studies of microbial-mineral-C interactions focus on surface horizons...
Authors
Jack McFarland, Corey Lawrence, Courtney Creamer, Marjorie S. Schulz, Christopher H. Conaway, Sara Peek, Mark Waldrop, Sabrina N. Sevilgen, Monica Haw
Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence
Understanding the controls on the amount and persistence of soil organic carbon (C) is essential for predicting its sensitivity to global change. The response may depend on whether C is unprotected, isolated within aggregates, or protected from decomposition by mineral associations. Here, we present a global synthesis of the relative influence of environmental factors on soil organic C
Authors
Katherine Heckman, Caitlin E. Hicks Pries, Corey Lawrence, Craig Rasmussen, Susan E. Crow, Alison M. Hoyt, Sophie F. von Fromm, Zheng Shi, Shane Stoner, Casey McGrath, Jeffery Beem-Miller, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Joseph C. Blankinship, Marco Keiluweit, Erika Marín-Spiotta, J. Grey Monroe, Alain F. Plante, Joshua Schimel, Carlos A. Sierra, Aaron Thompson, Rota Wagai
Concentration-discharge relationships of dissolved rhenium in Alpine catchments reveal its use as a tracer of oxidative weathering Concentration-discharge relationships of dissolved rhenium in Alpine catchments reveal its use as a tracer of oxidative weathering
Oxidative weathering of sedimentary rocks plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. Rhenium (Re) has been proposed as a tracer of rock organic carbon (OCpetro) oxidation. However, the sources of Re and its mobilization by hydrological processes remain poorly constrained. Here we examine dissolved Re as a function of water discharge, using samples collected from three alpine...
Authors
Robert Hilton, Jens M. Turowski, Matthew Winnick, Mathieu Dellinger, Patrick Schleppi, Kenneth H. Williams, Corey Lawrence, Katharine Maher, Martin West, Amanda Hayton
The trajectory of soil development and its relationship to soil carbon dynamics The trajectory of soil development and its relationship to soil carbon dynamics
It has been postulated that the amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) associated with soil minerals exhibits a threshold relationship in response to effective soil moisture (estimated as precipitation less evapotranspiration). To better characterize the role of moisture in influencing mechanisms of SOC storage during pedogenesis, we compare soils from two different chronosequence sites...
Authors
Corey Lawrence, Marjorie S. Schulz, Caroline Masiello, Oliver A. Chadwick, Jennifer W. Harden
A reactive transport approach to modeling cave seepage water chemistry II: Elemental signatures A reactive transport approach to modeling cave seepage water chemistry II: Elemental signatures
Karst systems are useful for examining spatial and temporal variability in Critical Zone processes because they provide a window into the subsurface where waters have interacted with vegetation, soils, regolith, and bedrock across a range of length and timescales. These hydrologic pathways frequently include the precipitation of speleothems, which provide long-term archives of climate...
Authors
Jessica Oster, Aaron Covey, Corey Lawrence, Max Giannetta, Jennifer Druhan
A reactive transport approach to modeling cave seepage water chemistry I: Carbon isotope transformations A reactive transport approach to modeling cave seepage water chemistry I: Carbon isotope transformations
The majority of Critical Zone research has emphasized silicate lithologies, which are typified by relatively slow rates of reactivity and incongruent weathering. However, the relatively simpler weathering of carbonate-dominated lithology can result in secondary mineral deposits, such as speleothems, which provide a long-term archive for Critical Zone processes. In particular, carbon...
Authors
Jennifer Druhan, Corey Lawrence, Aaron Covey, Max Giannetta, Jessica Oster
Non-USGS Publications**
Lawrence, C.R., Neff, J.C., and Farmer, G.L., 2011, The accretion of aeolian dust in soils of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA: Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(F2). doi:10.1029/2010JF001899
Ballantyne, A.P., Brahney, J., Fernandez, D., Lawrence, C.R., Saros, J., and Neff, J.C., 2011, Biogeochemical response of alpine lakes to a recent increase in dust deposition in the Southwestern, US: Biogeosciences, 8, 2689-2706. doi:10.5194/bg-8-2689-2011
Lawrence, C.R., Painter, T.H., Landry, C.C., and Neff, J.C., 2010, Contemporary geochemical composition and flux of aeolian dust to the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, United States: Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, G03007, doi:10.1029/2009JG001077.
Lawrence, C.R. and Neff, J.C., 2009, The contemporary physical and chemical flux of aeolian dust: A synthesis of direct measurements of dust deposition: Chemical Geology 267: 46-63.
Lawrence, C.R., Neff, J.C. and Schimel, J.S., 2009, Does adding microbial mechanisms of decomposition improve soil organic matter models? A comparison of four models using data from a pulsed rewetting experiment: Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41: 1923-1934.
Neff, J.C., Ballantyne, A.P., Farmer, G.L., Mahowald, N., Conroy, J.L., Landry, C.C., Overpeck, J.T., Painter, T.H., Lawrence, C.R. and Reynolds, R.L., 2008, Increasing eolian dust deposition in the Western United States linked to human activity: Nature Geoscience, 1(3): 189-195.
Painter, T.H., Barrett, A.P., Landry, C.C., Neff, J.C., Cassidy, M.P., Lawrence, C.R., McBride, K.E. and Farmer, G.L., 2007, Impact of disturbed desert soils on duration of mountain snow cover: Geophysical Research Letters, 34(12).
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.