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American River (Californie)

California, United States

Rivers and surface water

Type
River or surface water

Dissolved silicon heavier than igneous rocks (-0.3 ± 0.3 ‰), a sign of fractionation during weathering and clay formation; the rivers studied by De La Rocha et al. (2000) give +0.8 ± 0.3 ‰ (n = 8). Sierra Nevada river, tributary of the Sacramento. Site not precisely located: the source gives no coordinates.

δ30Si in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system

Standard : NBS 28

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
0.9 ‰1
June 1997, 173 µM dissolved silicon.
De La Rocha et al. (2000), A first look at the distribution of the stable isotopes of sil…

Deposits of the same type

Cite this page

IsoFind Atlas (2026). American River (Californie), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/american-river-californie/ (accessed 2026-10-13).

@misc{isofind2026americanrivercalifornieisotop,
  title = {American River (Californie), isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/sites/american-river-californie/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}

Updated : 2026-10-13