Organic-horizon lead, copper, and zinc contents of mid-atlantic forest soils, 1978-2004

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1001-1009

  Johnson, A H ^a   Richter, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ADVERSE EFFECT; ATLANTIC FOREST; CONNECTICUT; FOREST FLOORS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LEAD CONCENTRATION; MARYLAND; METAL CONTENT; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MINERAL SOILS; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; ORGANIC MATTER MASS; ORGANIC SOIL; PENNSYLVANIA; POINT SOURCES; WEST VIRGINIA; ZINC CONTENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOORS; FORESTRY; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SOILS; ZINC;

COPPER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ZINC;

CONCENTRATING; COPPER; FLOORS; FORESTRY; LEAD; NEW JERSEY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTION; SOIL; ZINC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956869721     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0337     Document Type: Article

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