Movement of elements into the atmosphere from coniferous trees in subalpine forests of Colorado and Idaho
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Abstract
Exudates from conifer trees, presumably consisting largely of volatile materials, were sampled at 19 subalpine localitites in Colorado and Idaho where anomalous amounts of several metals were determined in vegetation and mull during previous geochemical testing. The trees sampled were lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). The condensed exudates were passed through No. 40 Whatman filters, and through 5-micron, 0.45-micron, and 0.05-micron average-pore-diameter membrane filters, evaporated to dryness, and each residue was ashed and analyzed by a semiquantitative spectrographic method.
The ashed residues of the exudates contain lithium, beryllium, boron, sodium, magnesium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, gallium, arsenic, strontium, yttrium, zirconium, molybdenum, silver, lead, bismuth, cadmium, tin, antimony, barium, and lanthanum.
The presence of these elements suggests that volatile exudates from vegetation are a medium for the transport of elements in the biogeochemical cycle in subalpine environments. Thus, air sampling and analysis of aerosols derived from volatile exudates may be a useful tool in geochemical exploration.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Movement of elements into the atmosphere from coniferous trees in subalpine forests of Colorado and Idaho |
| Series title | Journal of Geochemical Exploration |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 19 p. |
| First page | 245 |
| Last page | 263 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado, Idaho |
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