Estimating the sensitivity of forest soils to acid deposition in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 201-208

  Whitfield, Colin J ^a   Aherne, Julian ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a   Mcdonald, Marjorie ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid sensitive; Canada; Critical loads; Profile; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; FOREST SOIL; MASS BALANCE; QUARTZ; SOIL TEXTURE; SULFUR EMISSION; WEATHERING RATE;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 76849109878     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2010.s1.201     Document Type: Article

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