Harland Goldstein
Harland Goldstein is the Deputy Center Director of the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center in Denver, Colorado.
Current Research and Activities:
- Climatic, geologic, biologic, and human controls on dust generation
- Effects of dust emission and transport: Ecologic, geomorphic, and human health
- Soil-geomorphic controls on ecosystems including distributions of threatened and endangered plants
- Environmental magnetism
- Dust on snow: Composition and effects on snow melt rates and timing
Professional Experience
2000-present: Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Education and Certifications
1997: B.S., Geology, Humboldt State University
2000: M.S., Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America
International Society for Aeolian Research
Science and Products
Regional variability in dust-on-snow processes and impacts in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Aeolian responses to climate variability during the past century on Mesquite Lake Playa, Mojave Desert
Iron oxide minerals in dust of the Red Dawn event in eastern Australia, September 2009
Composition of dust deposited to snow cover in the Wasatch Range (Utah, USA): Controls on radiative properties of snow cover and comparison to some dust-source sediments
Mercury deposition and methylmercury formation in Narraguinnep Reservoir, southwestern Colorado, USA
Effect of sulfate and carbonate minerals on particle-size distributions in arid soils
Biological effects of desert dust in respiratory epithelial cells and a murine model
Iron mineralogy and bioaccessibility of dust generated from soils as determined by reflectance spectroscopy and magnetic and chemical properties--Nellis Dunes recreational area, Nevada
Post-fire land treatments and wind erosion -- lessons from the Milford Flat Fire, UT, USA
Physical, chemical, and mineralogical data from surficial deposits, groundwater levels, and water composition in the area of Franklin Lake playa and Ash Meadows, California and Nevada
Atmospheric mineral dust in dryland ecosystems: Applications of environmental magnetism
Distribution of major anions and trace elements in the unsaturated zone at Franklin Lake Playa, California, USA
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Regional variability in dust-on-snow processes and impacts in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Aeolian responses to climate variability during the past century on Mesquite Lake Playa, Mojave Desert
Iron oxide minerals in dust of the Red Dawn event in eastern Australia, September 2009
Composition of dust deposited to snow cover in the Wasatch Range (Utah, USA): Controls on radiative properties of snow cover and comparison to some dust-source sediments
Mercury deposition and methylmercury formation in Narraguinnep Reservoir, southwestern Colorado, USA
Effect of sulfate and carbonate minerals on particle-size distributions in arid soils
Biological effects of desert dust in respiratory epithelial cells and a murine model
Iron mineralogy and bioaccessibility of dust generated from soils as determined by reflectance spectroscopy and magnetic and chemical properties--Nellis Dunes recreational area, Nevada
Post-fire land treatments and wind erosion -- lessons from the Milford Flat Fire, UT, USA
Physical, chemical, and mineralogical data from surficial deposits, groundwater levels, and water composition in the area of Franklin Lake playa and Ash Meadows, California and Nevada
Atmospheric mineral dust in dryland ecosystems: Applications of environmental magnetism
Distribution of major anions and trace elements in the unsaturated zone at Franklin Lake Playa, California, USA
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government