Why critical loads of acidity and N for soils should be based on pollutant effective concentrations rather than deposition fluxes

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 407-412

  Cresser, Malcolm S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidity; Cation exchange; Critical load; Effective concentration; Flux; Nitrogen deposition; Slope processes; Soil; Uplands

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDITY; CRITICAL LOAD; ION EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; UPLAND REGION;

EID: 34247619737     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9090-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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