Comprehensive seismic surveys suggest that subsurface water-holding capacity is secondary to bedrock nutrient content as a regulator of vegetation productivity in the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California
Nicholas James Taylor1, Clifford S Riebe2, Ken George Dueker3, Michael Goulden4, Brady Flinchum5, Sylvain Pasquet6, Russell Patrick Callahan7, William Jesse Hahm8, Ian S Keifer1 and Steve Holbrook9, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY, United States, (4)University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States, (5)University of Newcastle, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Callaghan, Australia, (6)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (7)University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, United States, (8)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (9)Virginia Tech, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States