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Title: Effects of forest vegetation on solute acquisition and chemical weathering: a study of the Tesuque Watersheds near Santa Fe, New Mexico

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OSTI ID:5547271

The solution chemistry of two forested watersheds in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains shows that the vegetation effects the geochemical processes of the watersheds in two ways: it modifies the exchange of elements between the atmosphere and watershed, making it difficult to determine the mass balance of the system; the chemical compounds produced by the biota have localized effects that include accelerating the weathering of primary minerals and altering the mobility of many elements in the soil.

OSTI ID:
5547271
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English