Steady-state critical loads of acidity for forest soils in the Georgia Basin, British Columbia

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Mongeon, Alyse ^a   Aherne, Julian ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Exceedance; Nitrogen; Profile; Steady state mass balance (SSMB) model; Sulphur; Weathering rates

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; CRITICAL LOAD; DEPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN; SULFUR EMISSION; WEATHERING RATE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN;

EID: 76849116806     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3274/JL10-69-S1-19     Document Type: Article

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