Factors controlling the acid-neutralizing capacity of Japanese cedar forest watersheds in stands of various ages and topographic characteristics

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-271

  Fukushima, Keitaro ^a   Tokuchi, Naoko ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid neutralizing capacity (ANC); Clear cut; Elevation; Forest development; Stand age; Streamwater chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DISSOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH; POSITIVE IONS; SEAWATER; SILICA; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

ACID-NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY (ANC); CLEAR-CUT; ELEVATION; FOREST DEVELOPMENT; STAND AGE; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY;

FORESTRY;

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; ACIDIFICATION; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CLEARCUTTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; PH; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CLEAR CUTTING; DEPOSITION; DISSOLVING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; MOISTURE CONTENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER SHEDS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 61749096146     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7137     Document Type: Article

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