Factors affecting anion movement and retention in four forest soils
Three hypotheses concerning the movement and retention of anions in forests soils were tested in a series of laboratory and field studies on two Tennessee Ultisols with mixed deciduous forest cover and two Washington Inceptisols, one with deciduous (red alder Alnus rubra Bong.) and one with coniferous (Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) forest cover. The first hypothesis, that sulfate and phosphate retention was related to adsorption to free Fe and Al oxides, which were in turn related to soil parent material and degree of weathering, was not supported by results of laboratory and field studies. The young, relatively unweathered Washington Inceptisols adsorbed more phosphate and sulfate than the older, highly weathered Tennessee Ultisols, apparently because of greater amorphous (oxalate-extractable) Fe and Al in the former. The second hypothesis, that NO/sub 3//sup -/ retention was governed primarily by biological uptake, was supported. Nitrate adsorption by soils in laboratory column studies was negligible, but subsequent field studies showed that tree uptake in field plots greatly reduced the leaching of applied NO/sub 3//sup -/ in all but the N-rich red alder plot. The third hypothesis, that inputs of mobile anions will reduce pH and concentrations of bicarbonate and adsorbing anions (e.g., sulfate), were supported by application of chloride as both acid and Na and Ca salts to soil columns in the laboratory. Sulfate concentration as well as bicarbonate concentrations in soil solutions were sensitive to solution pH.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5152355
- Journal Information:
- Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.; (United States) Vol. 50:3; ISSN SSSJD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ADSORPTION
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
ANIONS
CALCIUM
CHALCOGENIDES
CHARGED PARTICLES
CONIFERS
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FORESTS
IONS
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON OXIDES
LEACHING
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PHOSPHATES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SODIUM
SOILS
SORPTION
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TREES
UPTAKE