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The study presents data on the annual transport of 72 elements through evapotranspiration calculated for two mid-elevation mountain landscapes of the Northern Urals. It was found that the main characteristics of element transport in the mountain-taiga and subalpine belts are controlled by combined ecological and geochemical factors. A mechanism is described for changes in some environmental parameters through the air-borne migration of evapotranspiration products.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.L. Melchakov, 2012, published in Geokhimiya, 2012, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 91–97
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Melchakov, Y.L. Ecological and geochemical effect of evapotranspiration in the mountain-taiga and subalpine belts of the Northern Urals. Geochem. Int. 50, 84–89 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702911110073
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