Processes affecting the response of sulfate concentrations to clearcutting in a northern hardwood forest, Catskill Mountains, New York, U.S.A.

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-354

  Welsch, Daniel L ^a   Burns, Douglas A ^b   Murdoch, Peter S ^b  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric sulfur deposition; Catskill Mountains; Clearcutting; Stream chemistry; Sulfate adsorption; Topographic index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLEARCUTTING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; STREAM; SULFATE; TOPOGRAPHY;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042760767     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOG.0000031034.48927.1e     Document Type: Article

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