Large near-surface nitrate pools in soils capped by desert pavement in the Mojave Desert, California

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-262

  Graham, Robert C ^a   Hirmas, Daniel R ^a   Wood, Yvonne A ^b   Amrhein, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert pavement; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Soil

Indexed keywords

DESERT PAVEMENT; IN SITU FIXATION;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITRATES; PAVEMENTS;

SOILS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT SOIL; MOBILIZATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PAVEMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449114621     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24343A.1     Document Type: Article

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