Continental-scale patterns in soil geochemistry and mineralogy: Results from two transects across the United States and Canada

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1369-1381

  Woodruff, Laurel G ^a   Cannon, William F ^a   Eberl, Dennis D ^a   Smith, David B ^a   Kilburn, James E ^a   Horton, John D ^a   Garrett, Robert G ^b   Klassen, Rodney A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE EFFECTS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA; KENTUCKY; LAND COVER; LOCAL SCALE; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; NATURAL VARIATION; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PARENT MATERIALS; PILOT STUDIES; PLANT PRODUCTIVITY; SCALE PATTERN; SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY; SOIL MINERALOGY; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WEATHERING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL CONTENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); METAL REFINING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; SOIL SURVEYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

SOILS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DDT; DIELDRIN; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MINERALOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67651161880     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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