A regional soil and sediment geochemical study in northern California

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1482-1499

  Goldhaber, Martin B ^a   Morrison, Jean M ^a   Holloway, JoAnn M ^a   Wanty, Richard B ^a   Helsel, Dennis R ^a   Smith, David B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; CALIFORNIA; DISTINCT ELEMENTS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FLOOD BASINS; GEOCHEMICAL PATTERNS; GRANODIORITE; HIGH-CONTENT; HIGH-DENSITY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; LEADED GASOLINE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MESOZOIC; MINING ACTIVITIES; PLUTONIC ROCKS; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SECOND GROUP; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SIERRA NEVADA; SILICIC ROCKS; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOURCE ROCKS; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; SURFACE SOIL; TIRE WEAR; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; DEBRIS; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; FORESTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINE TRANSPORTATION; MINING; PLACER MINING; RIVERS; ROCKS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STRONTIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; PLASMA; PLUTONIC ROCK; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651149502     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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