Acid precipitation and soil sulfate adsorption properties in a tropical and in a temperate forest soil

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979 · Biotropica; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/2388169· OSTI ID:5750343

Johnson, D W; Cole, D W; Gessel, S P

Atmospheric sulfuric acid inputs and leaching in a tropical and temperate forest are compared. In both cases, H/sup +/ is mostly removed in the forest canopy. The tropical forest appears to be accumulating SO/sub 4//sup 2 -/ whereas the temperate forest is near steady-state. The tropical soil has a high capacity permanently to retain sulfate, which is probably related to its high sesquioxide content. It is proposed that the high sesquioxide content of the tropical soil renders is very resistant to leaching by atmospheric sulfuric acid inputs.

• OSTI ID: 5750343
• Journal Information: Biotropica; (United States), Vol. 11:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
SOILS
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
ACIDIFICATION
ADSORPTION
DEPOSITION
FOLIAR UPTAKE
FORESTS
LEACHING
SOIL CHEMISTRY
SULFATES
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFURIC ACID
TEMPERATE ZONES
TROPICAL REGIONS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
DISSOLUTION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RAIN
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SORPTION
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
UPTAKE
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
510200 - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)