High chemical weathering rates in first-order granitic catchments induced by agricultural stress

Chemical Geology

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 369-380

  Pierson Wickmann, A C ^a,b   Aquilina, L ^a,b   Martin, C ^b,c   Ruiz, L ^b,c   Molenat J ^b,c   Jaffrezic A ^b,c   Gascuel Odoux, C ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural inputs; Cation release; Chemical erosion; Granitic catchment; Soil acidification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EROSION RATE; ION EXCHANGE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING RATE;

BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650227041     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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