Considerations of uncertainty in setting critical loads of acidity of soils: The role of weathering rate determination

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Hodson, M E ^a   Langan, S J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical loads; Regional mapping; Uncertainty; Weathering rates

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WEATHER;

EID: 0033058590     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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