Carbon mineralization and pyrite oxidation in groundwater: Importance for silicate weathering in boreal forest soils and stream base-flow chemistry

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-325

  Klaminder, J ^a,b   Grip, H ^a,d   Morth C M ^c   Laudon, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE CATIONS; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON MINERALIZATION; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; FLOW CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT; HILLSLOPES; LATERAL TRANSPORT; MINERAL SOILS; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE OXIDATION; SATURATED ZONE; SILICATE WEATHERING; STREAM WATER; STREAMS DRAINING; SULFIDE OXIDATION; WEATHERING PROCESS;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC MINERALS; OXIDATION; POSITIVE IONS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BASEFLOW; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FOREST SOIL; HILLSLOPE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SILICATE; SULFIDE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 79551587547     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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