Sulphate flux from an upland forested catchment in south-central Ontario, Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 3-21

  Eimers, M Catherine ^a,b   Dillon, Peter J ^b   Schiff, Sherry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Catchments; Desorption; Mineralization; S budgets; SO4 export

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; FORESTRY; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WETLANDS;

FORESTED CATCHMENT;

CATCHMENTS;

MINERAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DESORPTION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; MINERALIZATION; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOREST; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE SOIL; SWAMP; WETLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 1542346371     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000015334.03973.65     Document Type: Article

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