Factors controlling long-term changes in soil pools of exchangeable basic cations and stream acid neutralizing capacity in a northern hardwood forest ecosystem

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-185

  Gbondo Tugbawa, Solomon S ^a,b   Driscoll, Charles T ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Earth Tech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid neutralizing capacity; Acidic deposition; Atmospheric deposition; Base cations; Calcium biogeochemistry; Emissions; Exchangeable basic cations; Forest disturbance; Leaching of soil bases; Modeling; Soil acidification; Soil chemistry; Stream acidification

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID NEUTRALIZATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038174803     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023308525316     Document Type: Article

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