Roles of sulfate adsorption and base cation supply in controlling the chemical response of streams of western Virginia to reduced acid deposition

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 119-130

  Robison, Andrew L ^a   Scanlon, Todd M ^a   Cosby, Bernard J ^a   Webb, James R ^a   Galloway, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acid neutralizing capacity; Base cations; Stream acidification; Sulfate adsorption

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACID NEUTRALIZATION; ACIDIFICATION; ADSORPTION; BEDROCK; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS BALANCE; PH; STREAMWATER; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84889678396     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9921-6     Document Type: Article

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