Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

Koch PL, Crowley BE (2005) The isotopic rain shadow and elevation history of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Eos Transactions Am Geophys Union 86(52), Fall Meeting Suppl... 

A very sueeessful projeet began in the early 1980s when the Ben Holt Company (Pasadena, California) designed and eonstrueted a 10 MW air-eooled, elosed-loop binary eyele at their Mammoth Geothermal Plant, loeated on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. 

The coastal race conforms to P. menziesii var. menziesii, whereas the inland races accord well with P. menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco, the form known from the Rocky Mountains. There is no established morphological equivalent to the Sierra Nevada race trees from that area are usually referred to var. menziesii. Zavarin and Snajberk (1975), however, sununarized differences between trees harvested in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and those harvested in northwestern California with regard to commercial applications, particularly in the manufacture of plywood or the production of composite materials (particle board). Differences in such factors... 

We choose as a first example the evaporation of spring water from the Sierra Nevada mountains of California and Nevada, USA, as modeled by Garrels and Mackenzie (1967). Their hand calculation, the first reaction path traced in geochemistry (see Chapter 1), provided the inspiration for Helgeson s (1968 and later) development of computerized methods for reaction modeling. 

McConnell, L.L., J.S. LeNoir, S. Datta, and J.N. Seiber. 1998. Wet deposition of current-use pesticides in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, California, USA. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17 1908-1916. 

Zabik, J. M., and J. N. Seiber, Atmospheric Transport of Organophosphate Pesticides from California s Central Valley to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, J. Environ. Qual., 22, 80-90 (1993). 

Figure 16. Outflow chemistry from two snowmelt seasons (1986 and 1987) at Emerald Lake, a high-elevation lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Maximum N03 concentrations are coincident with ANC minima during the early stages of snowmelt in 1986 and with a rain-on-snow event in 1987. Nitrate episodes are smaller in magnitude than at sites in the eastern United States, hut western lakes may he more susceptible to episodic acidification because they have a lower baseline acid-neutralizing capacity than most eastern lakes. (Reproduced with permission from reference 180. Copyright 1991 American Geophysical Union.)...

California Sierra Nevada Mountains Ore deposits and mining wastes Savage, Bird and Ashley (2000a) Ashley... 

Lindgren W (1911) The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California. USGS Prof Paper 73 226 p Molnar P, England P (1990) Late Cenozoic uplift of mountain ranges and global climate change chicken or... 

Pencils are made from a slat of wood with several grooves cut in it to hold the leads. A similar grooved slat is then placed on top and glued to form a sandwich from which individual pencils are cut, sanded smooth, and painted. Although many types of wood have been used over the years to make pencils, the current favorite is incense cedar from the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. 

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