Assessment of the potential for soil acidification in North India using the critical load approach and locally derived data for acidic and basic inputs

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1011-1021

  Satsangi, Gur Sumiran ^a   Lawrence, A J ^a   Lakhani, A ^b   Taneja, Ajay ^a,c  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

^b DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acidification; Critical load; India; Nitrogen; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DUST; ECOSYSTEMS; IONS; POLYETHYLENES; RAIN; SOILS;

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; SOIL ACIDIFICATION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ANION; CALCIUM ION; CATION; CHLORINE; MAGNESIUM ION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM ION; RAIN; SODIUM ION; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; ION;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; SULFUR;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; WET DEPOSITION; ACID RAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

AGRA; EUCALYPTUS;

ACID RAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; IONS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL;

EID: 0642371526     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00585-X     Document Type: Article

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