Carbonic acid leaching in a tropical, temperate, subalpine, and northern forest soil

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Arctic Alpine Res. (Boulder, Colo.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/1550527· OSTI ID:5547824

Johnson, D W; Cole, D W; Gessel, S P; Singer, M J; Minden, R V

The role of carbonic acid as a soil cation leaching agent was found to decrease as annual temperature decreased among four sites ranging from tropical rainforest to subalpine and northern forest. Carbonic acid dissociation was suppressed by low pH in the subalpine and northern soil solutions, and the presence of organic acids is suspected in these solutions. The presence of the bicarbonate anion has a major impact on yearly cation transport through a soil. It is hypothesized that the reduced bicarbonate concentrations at low pH in the subalpine and northern sites reduces nutrient loss from the rooting zone. The roles of sulfate and chloride in the anion component of soil solutions are also discussed with reference to sources of SO/sub 2/ and sea salt and the cycling of S and Cl.

• OSTI ID: 5547824
• Journal Information: Arctic Alpine Res. (Boulder, Colo.); (United States), Journal Name: Arctic Alpine Res. (Boulder, Colo.); (United States) Vol. 9:4; ISSN ATLPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONIC ACID
CATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
DISSOLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
IONS
LEACHING
MASS TRANSFER
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
RAIN
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR CYCLE
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES