Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory

Buss, Heather L (Co-Investigator)
Brantley, Susan L (Co-Investigator)
Scatena, Frederick N. (Principal Investigator)
Silver, Whendee (Co-Investigator)
Plante, Alain (Principal Investigator)
Willenbring, Jane (Co-Investigator)
McDowell, William (Principal Investigator)
Shanley, James (Co-Investigator)
White, Arthur F (Other )
Scholl, Martha (Co-Investigator)
Johnson, Arthur (Co-Investigator)
Jerolmack, Doug (Co-Investigator)
Horton, Benjamin (Co-Investigator)
Chapela Lara, Maria (Student)
Moore, Oliver W (Student)

Description

How critical zone processes, water balances, and mass fluxes differ in landscapes with contrasting lithology but similar climatic and environmental histories is the overarching focus of the Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory (LCZO). Although bedrock lithology and chemistry have been considered primary state factors in landscape and soil development for over a century, the influences of lithology on denudation, hydrologic routing, and geochemical processing is poorly constrained in most studies.

Acronym	LCZO
Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	1/10/10 → 30/09/13
Links	http://criticalzone.org/luquillo/

Research Groups and Themes

Cabot Institute for the Environment

Access Project

Project website

20 Article (Academic Journal)
2 Chapter in a book
1 Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
1 Special issue (Academic Journal)

Secondary Minerals Drive Extreme Lithium Isotope Fractionation During Tropical Weathering
Chapela Lara, M., Buss, H. L., Henehan, M. J., Schuessler, J. A. & McDowell, W., 2 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 127, 2, 14 p., e2021JF006366.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

Open Access
File
13 Citations (Scopus)

47 Downloads (Pure)
Incipient chemical weathering at bedrock fracture interfaces in a tropical critical zone system, Puerto Rico
Moore, O. W., Buss, H. L. & Dosseto, A., May 2019, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 252, p. 61-87 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

Open Access
File
18 Citations (Scopus)

135 Downloads (Pure)
Microbial chemolithotrophy mediates oxidative weathering of granitic bedrock
Napieralski, S. A., Buss, H. L., Brantley, S. L., Lee, S., Xu, H. & Roden, E. E., 26 Dec 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 52, p. 26394-26401 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

Open Access
File
30 Citations (Scopus)

143 Downloads (Pure)

1 Active
3 Finished

WEBB: USGS Water Energy and Biogeochemical Budgets
Buss, H. L. (Co-Principal Investigator), Scholl, M. (Researcher), White, A. F. (Researcher) & Shanley, J. (Co-Principal Investigator)
1/10/91 → …
Project: Research

File
SPECTRA: Soil processes and ecological services in the karst critical zone of Southwest China
Buss, H. L. (Principal Investigator), Johnes, P. J. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Evershed, R. P. (Co-Principal Investigator)
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
ISOCRIT: Application of a Novel Magnesium-Lithium Dual Isotopic Tracer to Biogeochemical Cycles in the Soil Critical Zone - Dr Heather Buss
Kendall, M. (Principal Investigator), Buss, H. L. (Principal Investigator) & Chapela Lara, M. (Student)
1/08/11 → 1/08/13
Project: Research

Chemical weathering of volcanic rocks in the tropics: Using small scale studies to determine the mechanisms, rates and impacts of perturbations
Moore, O. (Author), Sherman, D. (Supervisor) & Buss, H. (Supervisor), 14 Nov 2017
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

File

Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory

Project Details

Description

Research Groups and Themes

Access Project

Fingerprint

Secondary Minerals Drive Extreme Lithium Isotope Fractionation During Tropical Weathering

Incipient chemical weathering at bedrock fracture interfaces in a tropical critical zone system, Puerto Rico

Microbial chemolithotrophy mediates oxidative weathering of granitic bedrock

WEBB: USGS Water Energy and Biogeochemical Budgets

SPECTRA: Soil processes and ecological services in the karst critical zone of Southwest China

ISOCRIT: Application of a Novel Magnesium-Lithium Dual Isotopic Tracer to Biogeochemical Cycles in the Soil Critical Zone - Dr Heather Buss

Chemical weathering of volcanic rocks in the tropics: Using small scale studies to determine the mechanisms, rates and impacts of perturbations

Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory

Project Details

Description

Research Groups and Themes

Access Project

Fingerprint

Research output

Secondary Minerals Drive Extreme Lithium Isotope Fractionation During Tropical Weathering

Incipient chemical weathering at bedrock fracture interfaces in a tropical critical zone system, Puerto Rico

Microbial chemolithotrophy mediates oxidative weathering of granitic bedrock

Projects

WEBB: USGS Water Energy and Biogeochemical Budgets

SPECTRA: Soil processes and ecological services in the karst critical zone of Southwest China

ISOCRIT: Application of a Novel Magnesium-Lithium Dual Isotopic Tracer to Biogeochemical Cycles in the Soil Critical Zone - Dr Heather Buss

Student theses

Chemical weathering of volcanic rocks in the tropics: Using small scale studies to determine the mechanisms, rates and impacts of perturbations