Calcium inputs and transport in a base-poor forest ecosystem as interpreted by Sr isotopes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 707-719

  Bailey, Scott W ^a   Hornbeck, James W ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^b   Gaudette, Henri E ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIUM CYCLING; CALCIUM WEATHERING; FOREST DECLINE; STRONTIUM;

USA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONE POND WATERSHED;

EID: 0029666998     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03642     Document Type: Article

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