Rare earth elements in soils from selected areas of the island of Hawaii
- Author:
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Barnard, Walther M., Halbig, Joseph B.
- Title:
- Rare earth elements in soils from selected areas of the island of Hawaii
- Periodical:
- Pacific Science
- Year:
- 1985
- Volume:
- 39
- Pages:
- 241-260
- Subject:
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Rare earth elements
Soils analysis
Kohala
Kawaihae
Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa
- Summary:
- Rare earth element, (REE), content of sediments that were derived from volcanic-dominated source terranes is not well known. This is especially so if the content is from sediments that are far from continental source areas as is the case regarding sediments found on the island of Hawaii. As a result, this study is part of an environmental baseline survey of soil geochemistry that was started in 1981. Fifty soil samples from the wet, windward (east) side and dry, leeward (west) side of the island were analyzed for La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Yb, and Lu by neutron activation/gamma-ray spectroscopic analysis. Data on concentrations in each sample were listed and analyzed statistically for soil samples that were collected from the three geographic areas -- the western slope of Kohala Mountain, the western coastal plain of Mauna Kea, and the northeastern coastal plain of Mauna Loa.
- Label:
- Geology
- URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10125/928
- Date:
- 1985
- Collection:
- Periodicals