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Growth of the Phoenix metropolitan area led to exposures of the internal bedrock structure of surrounding semi-arid mountain ranges as housing platforms or road cuts. Such exposures in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts reveal the presence of sedimentary calcium carbonate infilling the pre-existing fracture matrix of the bedrock.
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- Harrison, Emma (Author)
- Dorn, Ronald (Thesis advisor)
- Reynolds, Stephen (Committee member)
- Schmeeckle, Mark (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2013
Subjects
- geomorphology
- arid geomorphology
- carbon cycle
- Carbon Sequestration
- Radiocarbon dating
- strontium isotopes
- Weathering
- Geological carbon sequestration--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- Geological carbon sequestration
- Shields (Geology)--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- Shields (Geology)
- Desert ecology--Arizona--Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
- Desert ecology
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- Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2013Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-58)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Geography
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by Emma Harrison