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Cation Exchange and A1 Mobilization in Soils

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Book cover Atmospheric Deposition and Forest Nutrient Cycling

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 91))

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Predicting the equilibria of cations distributed between soil solutions and exchange sites is a classical soil chemistry problem. Interest in such cation distribution problems has been motivated by a need to improve fertilization to maintain well-balanced concentrations of soil exchangeable Ca, Mg, and K for optimum crop growth; to control potentially toxic Al with Ca and Mg additions in acidic agronomic soils; and to control excess Na with Ca amendments in irrigated soils. The effects of atmospheric deposition of pollutant sulfate on soils is a similar problem and should alter cation distributions between solutions and exchange sites in predictable ways. The consequences of sulfate deposition are potentially serious: displacement of greater concentrations of exchangeable Al, Ca, and Mg (polyvalent cations) into soil solutions, and long-term depletions of exchangeable nutrient cations, for example, Ca and Mg, in highly weathered soils with limited mineral weathering rates.

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    Dale W. Johnson

  2. Range, Wildlife and Forestry College of Agriculture, University of Nevada, 89512, Reno, NV, USA

    Dale W. Johnson

  3. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

    Steven E. Lindberg

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Richter, D.D., Johnson, D.W., Dai, K.H. (1992). Cation Exchange and A1 Mobilization in Soils. In: Johnson, D.W., Lindberg, S.E. (eds) Atmospheric Deposition and Forest Nutrient Cycling. Ecological Studies, vol 91. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2806-6_9

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