Chemical weathering and cation loss in a base-poor watershed

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Hyman, Marita E ^a   Johnson, Chris E ^a   Bailey, Scott W ^b   April, Richard H ^c   Hornbeck, James W ^b  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Department of Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM; EROSION; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; MICA; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SILICATES; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

ACID PRECIPITATION; BULK PRECIPITATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; MINERAL WEATHERING; PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; SILICATE WEATHERING; MINERAL CHEMISTRY;

WEATHERING;

ACID SOIL; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; ION EXCHANGE; MINERAL ALTERATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; SPODOSOL; WATERSHED; WEATHERING RATE; CATION LOSS; GEOCHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; WEATHERING;

CONE POND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; USA;

EID: 0031839642     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0085:CWACLI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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