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In this article, the effects of the artificialrecharging of groundwater by infiltrating surface water throughforest soil, i.e. sprinkling infiltration, on the acidity andbase cation status of the soil are described. The study wascarried out in the Ahvenisto esker area, Hämeenlinna,southern Finland, during 1996–1998. The sample plots werelocated in a 110- to 160-yr-old Scots pine (Pinussylvestris L.) stand. The site was classified as the Oxalis-Maianthemum type. The soil consisted of a mixture oftill and glaciofluvial sediments. The pH of the organic layerincreased from 4.7 to >6.5 soon after the start of irrigationon the infiltration plot. The pH of the 0–10 cm mineral soillayer also increased from 4.9 to 6.4 as a result ofinfiltration. Sprinkling infiltration increased theexchangeable Ca and Mg concentrations in the organic anduppermost mineral soil layers. The output of Ca and Mg inpercolation water from the 0–100 cm thick layer was lower thanthe input to the soil surface via irrigation in 1996. Theretention of Ca and Mg on cation exchange sites took placewithin a relatively short period of time, since retention wasobserved only in 1996 but no longer in 1997 or 1998 indicatingsaturation of the cation exchange sites by base cations. Lakewater infiltration leads to the neutralisation of forest soilacidity, and increases the capacity of the soil to withstandacidic inputs by increasing the concentrations of exchangeablebase cations on cation exchange sites in the soil.
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Lindroos, AJ., Derome, J., Paavolainen, L. et al. The Effect of Lake-Water Infiltration on the Acidity and Base Cation Status of Forest Soil. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 131, 153–167 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011960716664
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