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Soil acidification over the last three decades in three forest areas situated in northern Belgium (Region of Flanders), is assessed by comparing recent data of soil analysis with historical data. It is investigated whether acidification values of sites evenly spread over the region, averaged per soil group, can be used to assess acidification in specific forest areas. Results suggest that data obtained by this kind of geographical extrapolation do not differ significantly from measured data. In sandy soils however, a stop of acidification as measured by the pH(KCl), is observed at pH(KCl) values lower than 3.3.
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Buysse, J., Van Orshoven, J. & Pieters, A. Geographical extrapolation of forest soil acidification using pH(KCl) data: A case study. Water Air Soil Pollut 91, 299–306 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00666265
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