Relationships between stream acid anion-base cation chemistry and watershed soil types on the Allegheny high plateau

Gregory P. Lewis

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Relationships between stream acid anion-base cation chemistry and watershed soil types on the Allegheny high plateau

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Gregory P. Lewis

Year:

1999

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 114.

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Abstract

The leaching of calcium and magnesium from forests by atmospherically-deposited strong acid anions (sulfate and nitrate) is evidenced in some watersheds by the positive correlation in stream water between concentrations of these base cations and acid anions.

Parent Publication

Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium

Citation

Lewis, Gregory P. 1999. Relationships between stream acid anion-base cation chemistry and watershed soil types on the Allegheny high plateau. In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 114.