Quantification of current and future leaching of sulfur and metals from Boreal acid sulfate soils, western Finland

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 547-551

  Österholm, Peter ^a   Åström, Mats ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drainage; Hydrogeochemistry; Rate of leaching; Runoff

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; SOILS; SULFUR;

ACID SULFATE SOIL (ASS); HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSES; METAL SULFIDES; PLANT REMOVAL;

LEACHING;

ACID SOIL; BOREAL; DRAINAGE; LEACHING; SULFUR;

DRAINAGE; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; SOIL; SULFUR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 7044271258     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/sr03088     Document Type: Article

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