Marith Reheis
My entire post-graduate career has been in the USGS in Denver, migrating from Conservation to Geologic Division early on, and then residing in the evolving branches of Regional Geology -- Environmental Geology -- Climate Change -- Earth Surface Processes Team. In parallel, my career has evolved through bedrock and surficial mapping, soil studies, neotectonics, desert dust sampling and a
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Geologic map of the Gillette 30' by 60' Quadrangle, Campbell and Crook counties, Wyoming
Geologic map and coal resources of the Easton Gulch Quadrangle, Moffat County, Colorado
A half-million-year record of paleoclimate from the Lake Manix Core, Mojave Desert, California
Physical, chemical, and mineralogical data from surficial deposits, groundwater levels, and water composition in the area of Franklin Lake playa and Ash Meadows, California and Nevada
Cosmogenic nuclide and uranium-series dating of old, high shorelines in the western Great Basin, USA
Regional and climatic controls on seasonal dust deposition in the southwestern U.S.
Physical, Chemical, Ecological, and Age Data and Trench Logs from Surficial Deposits at Hatch Point, Southeastern Utah
The ecology of dust
Map Database for Surficial Materials in the Conterminous United States
Description and Analytical Results for Deposited Dust Samples from a Two-Year Monitoring Program Near Deer Trail, Colorado, USA, 2006-2007
Compositions of modern dust and surface sediments in the Desert Southwest, United States
Geology and geomorphology of Bear Lake Valley and upper Bear River, Utah and Idaho
A quarter-million years of paleoenvironmental change at Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho
Sediment losses and gains across a gradient of livestock grazing and plant invasion in a cool, semi-arid grassland, Colorado Plateau, USA
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**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.
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Geologic map of the Gillette 30' by 60' Quadrangle, Campbell and Crook counties, Wyoming
No abstract available.Geologic map and coal resources of the Easton Gulch Quadrangle, Moffat County, Colorado
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A half-million-year record of paleoclimate from the Lake Manix Core, Mojave Desert, California
Pluvial lakes in the southwestern U.S. responded sensitively to past climate through effects on rainfall, runoff, and evaporation. Although most studies agree that pluvial lakes in the southwestern U.S. reached their highest levels coeval with glacial stages, the specific timing of increased effective moisture and lake-level rise is debated, particularly for the southwesternmost lakes. We obtainedAuthorsMarith C. Reheis, Jordon Bright, Steve P. Lund, David M. Miller, Gary Skipp, Robert J. FleckPhysical, chemical, and mineralogical data from surficial deposits, groundwater levels, and water composition in the area of Franklin Lake playa and Ash Meadows, California and Nevada
This report presents data and describes the methods used to determine the physical attributes, as well as the chemical and mineralogical composition of surficial deposits; groundwater levels; and water composition in the area of Franklin Lake playa and Ash Meadows, California and Nevada. The results support studies that examine (1) the interaction between groundwater and the ground surface, and tAuthorsHarland L. Goldstein, George N. Breit, James C. Yount, Richard L. Reynolds, Marith C. Reheis, Gary L. Skipp, Eric M. Fisher, Paul J. LamotheCosmogenic nuclide and uranium-series dating of old, high shorelines in the western Great Basin, USA
Closed-basin pluvial lakes are sensitive recorders of effective moisture, and they provide a terrestrial signal of climate change that can be compared to marine and ice records of glacial-interglacial cycles. Although the most recent deep-lake cycle in the western Great Basin (at ca. 16 ka) has been studied intensively, comparatively little is known about the longer-term Quaternary lacustrine histAuthorsG. Kurth, F. M. Phillips, Marith C. Reheis, J.L. Redwine, James B. PacesRegional and climatic controls on seasonal dust deposition in the southwestern U.S.
Vertical dust deposition rates (dust flux) are a complex response to the interaction of seasonal precipitation, wind, changes in plant cover and land use, dust source type, and local vs. distant dust emission in the southwestern U.S. Seasonal dust flux in the Mojave–southern Great Basin (MSGB) deserts, measured from 1999 to 2008, is similar in summer–fall and winter–spring, and antecedent precipitAuthorsMarith C. Reheis, Frank UrbanPhysical, Chemical, Ecological, and Age Data and Trench Logs from Surficial Deposits at Hatch Point, Southeastern Utah
This report presents data and describes the methodology for physical, chemical and ecological measurements of sediment, soil, and vegetation, as well as age determinations of surficial deposits at Hatch Point, Canyon Rims area, Colorado Plateau, southeastern Utah. The results presented in this report support a study that examines geomorphic and soil factors that may influence boundaries between shAuthorsHarland L. Goldstein, Mark E. Miller, James C. Yount, Marith C. Reheis, Richard L. Reynolds, Jayne Belnap, Paul J. Lamothe, John P. McGeehanThe ecology of dust
Wind erosion and associated dust emissions play a fundamental role in many ecological processes and provide important biogeochemical connectivity at scales ranging from individual plants up to the entire globe. Yet, most ecological studies do not explicitly consider dust‐driven processes, perhaps because most relevant research on aeolian (wind‐driven) processes has been presented in a geosciencesAuthorsJason P. Field, Jayne Belnap, David D. Breshears, Jason C. Neff, Gregory S Okin, J.J. Whicker, Thomas H. Painter, Sujith Ravi, Marith C. Reheis, Richard L. ReynoldsMap Database for Surficial Materials in the Conterminous United States
The Earth's bedrock is overlain in many places by a loosely compacted and mostly unconsolidated blanket of sediments in which soils commonly are developed. These sediments generally were eroded from underlying rock, and then were transported and deposited. In places, they exceed 1000 ft (330 m) in thickness. Where the sediment blanket is absent, bedrock is either exposed or has been weathered to pAuthorsDavid R. Soller, Marith C. Reheis, Christopher P. Garrity, D. R. Van SistineDescription and Analytical Results for Deposited Dust Samples from a Two-Year Monitoring Program Near Deer Trail, Colorado, USA, 2006-2007
Biosolids reclaimed from municipal wastewater have been applied since 1993 on nonirrigated farmland and rangeland east of Deer Trail, Colo., by Metro Wastewater Reclamation District of Denver. The U.S. Geological Survey has monitored ground water at this site since 1993, and began monitoring the biosolids, soils, and stream sediments in 1999. To investigate the possible effects of airborne dust blAuthorsMarith C. Reheis, Jeffrey S. Honke, Paul Lamothe, Eric FisherCompositions of modern dust and surface sediments in the Desert Southwest, United States
Modern dusts across southwestern United States deserts are compositionally similar to dust-rich Av soil horizons (depths of 0-0.5 cm and 1-4 cm at 35 sites) for common crustal elements but distinctly different for some trace elements. Chemical compositions and magnetic properties of the soil samples are similar among sites relative to dust sources, geographic areas, and lithologic substrates. ExceAuthorsM. C. Reheis, J. R. Budahn, P. J. Lamothe, R. L. ReynoldsGeology and geomorphology of Bear Lake Valley and upper Bear River, Utah and Idaho
Bear Lake, on the Idaho-Utah border, lies in a fault-bounded valley through which the Bear River flows en route to the Great Salt Lake. Surficial deposits in the Bear Lake drainage basin provide a geologic context for interpretation of cores from Bear Lake deposits. In addition to groundwater discharge, Bear Lake received water and sediment from its own small drainage basin and sometimes from theAuthorsM. C. Reheis, B.J.C. Laabs, D. S. KaufmanA quarter-million years of paleoenvironmental change at Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho
A continuous, 120-m-long core (BL00-1) from Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho, contains evidence of hydrologic and environmental change over the last two glacial-interglacial cycles. The core was taken at 41.95??N, 111.31??W, near the depocenter of the 60-m-deep, spring-fed, alkaline lake, where carbonate-bearing sediment has accumulated continuously. Chronological control is poor but indicates an averageAuthorsD. S. Kaufman, Jordon Bright, W.E. Dean, J. G. Rosenbaum, K. Moser, R. Scott Anderson, Steven M. Colman, C.W. Heil, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, M. C. Reheis, K. R. SimmonsSediment losses and gains across a gradient of livestock grazing and plant invasion in a cool, semi-arid grassland, Colorado Plateau, USA
Large sediment fluxes can have significant impacts on ecosystems. We measured incoming and outgoing sediment across a gradient of soil disturbance (livestock grazing, plowing) and annual plant invasion for 9 years. Our sites included two currently ungrazed sites: one never grazed by livestock and dominated by perennial grasses/well-developed biocrusts and one not grazed since 1974 and dominated byAuthorsJayne Belnap, Richard L. Reynolds, Marith C. Reheis, Susan L. Phillips, Frank Urban, Harland L. GoldsteinNon-USGS Publications**
Reheis, M.J., 1975, Source, transportation, and deposition of debris on Arapaho Glacier, Front Range, Colorado, USA: Journal of Glaciology, v. 14, p. 407-420.**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.
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