Putting the sodium dominance index to the test as a measure of acid sensitivity across diverse geological conditions and with reference to the influence of plantation forests

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 221-229

  Cruikshanks, R ^a   Lauridsen, R ^b   Hartl, M G J ^b   Harrison, A ^b   Kelly Quinn, M ^a   O'Halloran, J ^b   Giller, P S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acidification; Alkalinity; Base cations; Forest; pH; Sodium Dominance Index

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS;

BASE CATIONS; SODIUM DOMINANCE INDEX;

FORESTRY;

ACID; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CATION; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM;

ALKALINITY; FORESTRY; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; PH; PLANTATION; SODIUM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TESTING METHOD;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DILUTION; FOREST; GEOLOGY; IRELAND; PH; PLANTATION; RISK; SAMPLE; SOIL;

ALKALINITY; CATIONS; FORESTRY; PH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42249099046     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9595-6     Document Type: Article

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