Depth Profiles and Soil Textures of the Vernal Pools of the Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve, Riverside County, California

<p>The purpose of this project was to study the edaphic and topographic characteristics of the 13 vernal pools on the Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve, thus documenting the role soil texture plays in vernal pool formation.</p> <p>Several field and laboratory procedures were used to demonstrate that there is a higher percentage of clay present within vernal pools than in soils outside the margin of the pools, for 11 out of the 13 pools. Statistical tests showed that the percentage of clay was highly significant within the center soil of the pool as compared to the soil outside the margin of the pool boundary.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Biology

Year

1987

Author dc:creator

• Workman, Ralph Charles, Jr.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Earl W. Lathrop
• Richard D. Tkachuck
• Lanny H. Fisk

• Biology
• Geology
• Soil Science
• Ponds -- California -- Riverside County; Soil texture

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/677

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1652