Emily M Taylor
I study Quaternary soils and geomorphology primarily in the western United States. My interest is in the timing and depositional history of geologic units controlled by climate change and tectonism. In addition to creating Quaternary geologic maps, I build 3D geologic models to better reconstruct the long term history of an area.
Education and Certifications
University of Colorado, Boulder, M.S. Quaternary Geology, 1985 (Thesis: Impact of time and climate on Quaternary soils in the Yucca Mountain area of the Nevada Test Site)
University of California, Berkeley, B.S., 1980
Punahou School, Honolulu, High School Diploma, 1971
Science and Products
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Hydrogeologic studies at the USGS Amargosa Desert Research Site
In 1976, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began studies of unsaturated-zone hydrology in the Amargosa Desert in support of the USGS Low-Level Radioactive Waste Program. In 1983, agreements with the Bureau of Land Management and the State of Nevada established two field study areas: a 16-ha area adjacent to a waste-burial facility 17 km south of Beatty and a 0.1-ha area about 3 km farther south (f
Authors
Brian J. Andraski, David A. Stonestrom
Lithology, fault displacement, and origin of secondary calcium carbonate and opaline silica at trenches 14 and 14D on the Bow Ridge Fault atExile Hill, Nye County, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Emily M. Taylor, H. E. Huckins
Quaternary soils and dust deposition in southern Nevada and California
Eolian dust constitutes much of the pedogenic material in late Pleistocene and Holocene soils of many arid regions of the world. Comparison of the compositions and influx rates of modern dust with the eolian component of dated soils at 24 sites in southern Nevada and California yields information on (1) the composition and influx rate of dust in late Pleistocene and Holocene soils, (2) paleoclimat
Authors
M. C. Reheis
Late quaternary history and uranium isotopic compositions of ground water discharge deposits, Crater Flat, Nevada
Three carbonate-rich spring deposits are present near the southern end of Crater Flat, NV, approximately 18 km southwest of the potential high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain. We have analyzed five samples of carbonate-rich material from two of the deposits for U and Th isotopic compositions. Resulting U-series disequilibrium ages indicate that springs were active at 18 ?? 1, 30 ?? 3, 45
Authors
James B. Paces, Emily M. Taylor, Charles Bush
Morphology and genesis of carbonate soils on the Kyle Canyon fan, Nevada, U.S.A.
The physical and chemical properties of soils formed in an arid climate on calcareous alluvium of the Kyle Canyon alluvial fan, southern Nevada, were studied in order to infer the rates and relative importance of various soil-forming processes. These studies included field and microscopic observations and analyses of thin sections, major oxides, extractable iron, and clay minerals. The results are
Authors
M. C. Reheis, J.M. Sowers, E. M. Taylor, L. D. McFadden, J. W. Harden
Calcic, gypsic, and siliceous soil chronosequences in arid and semiarid environments
We studied three soil chronosequences in the western USA to compare the development of calcic, gypsic, and siliceous soils through time. We compared calcic soils from the Silver Lake playa, southeastern California, gypsic-calcic soils from the Kane Fans in Big Horn County, Wyoming, and siliceous-calcic soils from Forty-mile Wash in southwestern Nevada. In these areas, carbonate, gypsum, and opalin
Authors
J. W. Harden, E. M. Taylor, M. C. Reheis, L. D. McFadden
Rates of soil development from four soil chronosequences in the southern Great Basin
Four soil chronosequences in the southern Great Basin were examined in order to study and quantify soil development during the Quaternary. Soils of all four areas are developed in gravelly alluvial fans in semiarid climates with 8 to 40 cm mean annual precipitation. Lithologies of alluvium are granite-gneiss at Silver Lake, granite and basalt at Cima Volcanic Field, limestone at Kyle Canyon, and s
Authors
J. W. Harden, E. M. Taylor, C. Hill, R. K. Mark, L. D. McFadden, M. C. Reheis, J.M. Sowers, S. G. Wells
Unpublished letter from U.S. Geological Survey scientists to the editor of the New York Times Magazine regarding William J. Broads' November 18, 1990 article on Yucca Mountain
No abstract available.
Authors
W.W. Dudley, A.J. Buono, M. D. Carr, J. S. Downey, E. M. Ervin, K. F. Fox, E. D. Gutentag, L. R. Hayes, B.F. Jones, R. R. Luckey, D.R. Muhs, Z. E. Peterman, M. C. Reheis, R.W. Spengler, J. S. Stuckless, E. M. Taylor, J. W. Whitney, W.E. Wilson, I.J. Winograd
Instructions for the soil development index template; Lotus 1-2-3; B, Program disk
No abstract available.
Authors
Emily M. Taylor
Impact of time and climate on Quaternary soils in the Yucca Mountain area of the Nevada Test Site
No abstract available.
Authors
Emily M. Taylor
A quantitative comparison of Soil Development in four climatic regimes
A new quantitative Soil Development Index based on field data has been applied to chronosequences formed under different climatic regimes. The four soil chronosequences, developed primarily on sandy deposits, have some numeric age control and are located in xeric-inland (Merced, Calif.), xeric-coastal (Ventura, Calif.), aridic (Las Cruces, N. Mex.), and udic (Susquehanna Valley, Pa.) soil-moisture
Authors
J. W. Harden, E. M. Taylor
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 24
Hydrogeologic studies at the USGS Amargosa Desert Research Site
In 1976, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began studies of unsaturated-zone hydrology in the Amargosa Desert in support of the USGS Low-Level Radioactive Waste Program. In 1983, agreements with the Bureau of Land Management and the State of Nevada established two field study areas: a 16-ha area adjacent to a waste-burial facility 17 km south of Beatty and a 0.1-ha area about 3 km farther south (f
Authors
Brian J. Andraski, David A. Stonestrom
Lithology, fault displacement, and origin of secondary calcium carbonate and opaline silica at trenches 14 and 14D on the Bow Ridge Fault atExile Hill, Nye County, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Emily M. Taylor, H. E. Huckins
Quaternary soils and dust deposition in southern Nevada and California
Eolian dust constitutes much of the pedogenic material in late Pleistocene and Holocene soils of many arid regions of the world. Comparison of the compositions and influx rates of modern dust with the eolian component of dated soils at 24 sites in southern Nevada and California yields information on (1) the composition and influx rate of dust in late Pleistocene and Holocene soils, (2) paleoclimat
Authors
M. C. Reheis
Late quaternary history and uranium isotopic compositions of ground water discharge deposits, Crater Flat, Nevada
Three carbonate-rich spring deposits are present near the southern end of Crater Flat, NV, approximately 18 km southwest of the potential high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain. We have analyzed five samples of carbonate-rich material from two of the deposits for U and Th isotopic compositions. Resulting U-series disequilibrium ages indicate that springs were active at 18 ?? 1, 30 ?? 3, 45
Authors
James B. Paces, Emily M. Taylor, Charles Bush
Morphology and genesis of carbonate soils on the Kyle Canyon fan, Nevada, U.S.A.
The physical and chemical properties of soils formed in an arid climate on calcareous alluvium of the Kyle Canyon alluvial fan, southern Nevada, were studied in order to infer the rates and relative importance of various soil-forming processes. These studies included field and microscopic observations and analyses of thin sections, major oxides, extractable iron, and clay minerals. The results are
Authors
M. C. Reheis, J.M. Sowers, E. M. Taylor, L. D. McFadden, J. W. Harden
Calcic, gypsic, and siliceous soil chronosequences in arid and semiarid environments
We studied three soil chronosequences in the western USA to compare the development of calcic, gypsic, and siliceous soils through time. We compared calcic soils from the Silver Lake playa, southeastern California, gypsic-calcic soils from the Kane Fans in Big Horn County, Wyoming, and siliceous-calcic soils from Forty-mile Wash in southwestern Nevada. In these areas, carbonate, gypsum, and opalin
Authors
J. W. Harden, E. M. Taylor, M. C. Reheis, L. D. McFadden
Rates of soil development from four soil chronosequences in the southern Great Basin
Four soil chronosequences in the southern Great Basin were examined in order to study and quantify soil development during the Quaternary. Soils of all four areas are developed in gravelly alluvial fans in semiarid climates with 8 to 40 cm mean annual precipitation. Lithologies of alluvium are granite-gneiss at Silver Lake, granite and basalt at Cima Volcanic Field, limestone at Kyle Canyon, and s
Authors
J. W. Harden, E. M. Taylor, C. Hill, R. K. Mark, L. D. McFadden, M. C. Reheis, J.M. Sowers, S. G. Wells
Unpublished letter from U.S. Geological Survey scientists to the editor of the New York Times Magazine regarding William J. Broads' November 18, 1990 article on Yucca Mountain
No abstract available.
Authors
W.W. Dudley, A.J. Buono, M. D. Carr, J. S. Downey, E. M. Ervin, K. F. Fox, E. D. Gutentag, L. R. Hayes, B.F. Jones, R. R. Luckey, D.R. Muhs, Z. E. Peterman, M. C. Reheis, R.W. Spengler, J. S. Stuckless, E. M. Taylor, J. W. Whitney, W.E. Wilson, I.J. Winograd
Instructions for the soil development index template; Lotus 1-2-3; B, Program disk
No abstract available.
Authors
Emily M. Taylor
Impact of time and climate on Quaternary soils in the Yucca Mountain area of the Nevada Test Site
No abstract available.
Authors
Emily M. Taylor
A quantitative comparison of Soil Development in four climatic regimes
A new quantitative Soil Development Index based on field data has been applied to chronosequences formed under different climatic regimes. The four soil chronosequences, developed primarily on sandy deposits, have some numeric age control and are located in xeric-inland (Merced, Calif.), xeric-coastal (Ventura, Calif.), aridic (Las Cruces, N. Mex.), and udic (Susquehanna Valley, Pa.) soil-moisture
Authors
J. W. Harden, E. M. Taylor