San Joaquin Valley, California

Saiki, M.K., M.R. Jennings, and T.W. May. 1992. Selenium and other elements in freshwater fishes from the irrigated San Joaquin valley, California. Sci. Total Environ. 126 109-137. 

Nakamoto, R.J. and T.J. Hassler. 1992. Selenium and other trace elements in bluegills from agricultural return flows in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Arch. Environ. Contamin. Toxicol. 22 88-98. 

Ohlendorf, H.M.R.L. Hothem, and T.W. Aldrich. 1988. Bioaccumulation of selenium by snakes and frogs in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Copeia 1988 704-710. 

Presser, T.S. and H.M. Ohlendorf. 1987. Biogeochemical cycling of selenium in the San Joaquin Valley, California, USA. Environ. Manage. 11 805-821. 

Ames RG, Gregson J Mortality following cotton defoliation San Joaquin Valley, California, 1970-1990.7 Occup Environ Med 37(7) 812-819, 1995... 

Seiber, J. N., B. W. Wilson, and M. M. McChesney, Air and Fog Deposition Residues of Four Organophosphate Insecticides Used on Dormant Orchards in the San Joaquin Valley, California, Environ. Sci. Technol., 27, 2236-2243 (1993). 

Western San Joaquin Valley, California River waters Surface waters Groundwaters... 

Juveniles exposed to full-strength agricultural drainwater from San Joaquin Valley, California, for 28 days. Drainwater had 48.8 (44-53) mg B/L Leopard frog, Ranapipiens, embryos, through day 4 posthatch Boric acid Soft water 13 mg B/L 130 mg B/L Hard water 22 mg B/L 135 mg B/L Borax Soft water 5 mg B/L 47 mg B/L Hard water 3 mg B/L 54 mg B/L... 

Seiber JN, Wilson BW, McChesney MM. 1993. Air and fog deposition residues of four organophosphate insecticides used on dormant orchards in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Environ Sci Tecnol 27(10) 2236-2243. 

San Joaquin Valley, California, USA Inlet water for artificial Agricultural drainage 7.7 80-220 Fox and Doner (2003), 2429... 

Fujii, R. and Swain, W.C. (1995) Areal Distribution of Selected Trace Elements, Salinity, and Major Ions in Shallow Ground Water, Tulare Basin, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation Report 95-4048, USGS, Sacramento, CA. 

Fio, J.L. and Fujii, R. (1990) Selenium speciation methods and application to soil saturation extracts from San Joaquin Valley, California. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 54, 363-369. 

Finally, some soils contain relatively high proportions of zeohtes ( 15%). These result again from arid or semiarid environments where evaporation produces a high concentration of sodium carbonate, which can alter clay minerals to produce zeolites. Examples of this are the heulandite found in the Harwell soil series in Southern England and the analcime in the San Joaquin Valley (California). 

Rogers G. S. (1917) Chemical relations of the oil-field waters in San Joaquin Valley, California. US Geol. Surv. Bull. 653, 93-99. 

Table 1 Chemical composition (mg L of formation waters from Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, California North Slope, Alaska and the central Mississippi Salt Dome... 

During low-flow conditions, oil refineries contribute up to 75% of the total selenium load entering San Francisco Bay. Refineries processing oil derived from the neighboring San Joaquin Valley, California, produce effluent containing selenium concentrations an order of magnitude greater than those in refinery effluent from Alaskan North Slope crude oil (Zawislanski and Zavarin, 1996). 

Doner, H Amundson, R University of California, Berkeley Guantify selenium levels in the Tulare Drainage District, San Joaquin Valley, California. CRIS/USDA 2001... 

CRWQCB. 1988. Water and sediment quality in evaporation basins used for the disposal of agricultural subsurface drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Sacramento, CA ... 

Deverel SJ, Fio JL. 1991. Groundwater flow and solute movement to drain laterals, western San Joaquin Valley, California. Water Resources Research 27(9) 2233-2246. 

Deverel SJ, Millard SP. 1988. Distribution and mobility of selenium and other trace elements in shallow groundwater of the western San Joaquin Valley, California. Environ Sci Technol 22 697-702. 

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