Three decades of observed soil acidification in the Calhoun experimental forest: Has acid rain made a difference?

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1428-1439

  Markewitz, Daniel ^a,d   Richter, Daniel D ^a   Allen, H Lee ^b   Urrego, J Byron ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Smurfit Carton de Colombia   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ECOSYSTEMS; POSITIVE IONS; SAMPLING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIFICATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID RAIN; ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0032170618     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200050040x     Document Type: Article

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