Saline Soils in the Northern Front Range, Colorado (frisalineu)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
Originator: Otton, J.K.
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
Saline Soils in the Northern Front Range, Colorado (frisalineu)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Downloadable GIS Data
Publication_Information:
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/193/
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.
Originator: Gunther, G.L.
Originator: Roberts, S.B.
Originator: Otton, J.K.
Originator: Cook, T.
Originator: Fishman, N.S.
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:
USGS Interactive Map of the Colorado Front Range Infrastructure Resources
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Live GIS Data and Maps (ArcIMS)
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: DS-193
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/193/
Description:
Abstract:
Saline soils are widespread in parts of the Front Range area north of the city of Denver.  Farmers and ranchers often call these "alkali" soils.  You may have noticed them as you drive along I-25 north of the Denver suburbs towards Fort Collins in spring and early summer.  At that time of year, patches of saline soils are often covered with bright white salts (mostly sodium sulfate).  These salts form in the spring when ground water is close to the surface because of spring rains and snow melt.  The ground water wicks up to the surface and evaporates leaving the salt behind.  Later in the summer, as the soils dry out, the ground-water level drops, water no longer wicks up to the surface leaving salt, and the highly soluble salts are usually flushed from the surface by an occasional summer thunderstorm or blown away by the wind.  Often salt-tolerant weeds invade the site.  In some places, where the water stays near the surface most of the year, the salts may persist into the fall.  In other places, the water table stays at or above the ground surface all year and wetlands have formed.  Cattails are a common wetland plant in this region.  In the area of salt-rich soils, north of Denver, many of these wetlands can be saline.  They can be recognized by the salt crusts that form in the soils at the edge of the wetlands or by the salts that precipitate on the plant stems in the wetland.  The plants in the wetland are usually salt tolerant.
Purpose:
The USGS has studied saline soils and wetlands in the area north of Denver trying to understand how they form, why they form where they do, and whether some of man's activities causes some saline soils to occur.  The area north of Denver has been heavily irrigated since the late 1800s, and coal mining and oil and gas production has occurred almost as long as irrigation.  We are trying to understand whether these activities have contributed to saline soil formation.
Supplemental_Information:
The online linkage associated with the dataset citation links directly to a website that provides downloadable digital datasets.  The online linkage under larger work citation links directly to the publication.  http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/frontrange/ is the URL for the Colorado Front Range Infrastructure Resources Project homepage.
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East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.880504
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South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.920550
Keywords:
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: Colorado Front Range Infrastructure Resources
Theme_Keyword: Saline Soils
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Gateway to the Earth draft 9 28-Jun-2002
Theme_Keyword: Salinity
Theme_Keyword: Soil sciences
Theme_Keyword: Soil chemistry
Theme_Keyword: Economic geology
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Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: economy
Theme_Keyword: environment
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Theme_Keyword: Environmental and Human Health
Theme_Keyword: Impacts of Energy Production
Theme_Keyword: Energy Resources
Theme_Keyword: Earth Science
Theme_Keyword: Natural Resources
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Geology
Theme_Keyword: Natural Gas
Theme_Keyword: Petroleum
Theme_Keyword: Oil
Theme_Keyword: Gas
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Place_Keyword: Colorado
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Place_Keyword: U.S.
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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
Contact_Person: Otton, J.K.
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-236-8020
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: datamgt@usgs.gov
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saline soils in the Northern Front Range
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Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: James K. Otton, Robert A. Zielinski, and Craig A. Johnson
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
Origin of Saline Soils in the Front Range Area North of Denver, Colorado
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Online Reports or Chapters
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, chpt. D
Issue_Identification: PP-1698
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2005/1698/
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: Fishman, N.S., ed.
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
Energy Resource Studies, Northern Front Range, Colorado
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Online Reports or Chapters
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Issue_Identification: PP-1698
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2005/1698/
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Contact_Organization: USGS Information Services
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
Box 25286 Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303.202.4693
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ask@usgs.gov
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20040715
Metadata_Review_Date: 20040715
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Team
Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-7773
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: datamgt@usgs.gov
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