Changes in soil acidity and related variables over 25 years in the North Pennine Uplands, UK

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 55-61

  Adamson, J K ^a   Rowland, A P ^a   Scott, W A ^a   Hornung, M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deposition; pH; pollutants; soil; Soil acidity; UK; upland areas

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; POLLUTANT; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL PH; UPLAND AREA;

UK, ENGLAND, PENNINES;

EID: 0029663258     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1996.tb00959.x     Document Type: Article

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