Estimating weathering rates using base cation budgets in a Norway spruce stand on podzolised soil: Analysis of fluxes and uncertainties

2015 ◽  
Vol 340 ◽  
pp. 135-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Simonsson ◽  
Johan Bergholm ◽  
Bengt A. Olsson ◽  
Claudia von Brömssen ◽  
Ingrid Öborn
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Soil Analysis ◽  
Base Cation ◽  
Weathering Rates

Site classification in a mixed hardwood forest (Hallerbos, Belgium) with a homogeneous ground vegetation dominated by Hyacinthoides non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex. Rothm.

1994 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Maddelein ◽  
B. Muys ◽  
J. Neirynck ◽  
G. Sioen
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Soil Analysis ◽  
Base Cation ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Ground Vegetation ◽  
Site Classification ◽  
Species Classification ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Understorey Vegetation

The  forest of Halle (560 ha), situated 20 km south of Brussels is covered by a  beech (Fagus sylvatica)  forest, locally mixed with secundary species (Tilia,  Fraxinus, Acer, Quercus,... ). In almost all  stands, herbal vegetation is dominated by bluebell (Hyacinthoides  non-scripta).     The research intended to classify 36 plots of different tree species  composition according to their site quality. Three classification methods  were compared: the first one based on the indicator value of the understorey  vegetation, a second one on the humus morphology and a last one on some  quantitative soil characteristics. According to the plant sociological site  classification, the plots have the same site quality. However, humus forms  differ apparently and significant differences were found in pH value and base  cation saturation of the soil, abundance and biomass of earthworms and  biomass of the ectorganic horizon. Tree species proved to be the main cause  of these differences.     The results illustrate that the herbal vegetation is not always a reliable  indicator of site quality. In the case of a homogeneous vegetation dominated  by one or more indifferent species, classification on humus morphology or  soil analysis are more appropriate. In the forest of Halle, the tree species  is probably the main cause of the observed differences in site quality.

scholarly journals Current, steady-state and historical weathering rates of base cations at two forest sites in northern and southern Sweden: a comparison of three methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Casetou-Gustafson ◽  
Harald Grip ◽  
Stephen Hillier ◽  
Sune Linder ◽  
Bengt A. Olsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Base Cations ◽  
Base Cation ◽  
Mineral Weathering ◽  
Soil Horizon ◽  
Soil Horizons ◽  
Weathering Rate ◽  
Weathering Rates ◽  
Forest Sites

Abstract. Reliable and accurate methods for estimating soil mineral weathering rates are required tools in evaluating the sustainability of increased harvesting of forest biomass and assessments of critical loads of acidity. A variety of methods that differ in concept, temporal and spatial scale, and data requirements are available for measuring weathering rates. In this study, causes of discrepancies in weathering rates between methods were analysed and were classified as being either conceptual (inevitable) or random. The release rates of base cations (BCs; Ca, Mg, K, Na) by weathering were estimated in podzolised glacial tills at two experimental forest sites, Asa and Flakaliden, in southern and northern Sweden, respectively. Three different methods were used: (i) historical weathering since deglaciation estimated by the depletion method, using Zr as the assumed inert reference; (ii) steady-state weathering rate estimated with the PROFILE model, based on quantitative analysis of soil mineralogy; and (iii) BC budget at stand scale, using measured deposition, leaching and changes in base cation stocks in biomass and soil over a period of 12 years. In the 0–50 cm soil horizon historical weathering of BCs was 10.6 and 34.1 mmolc m−2 yr−1, at Asa and Flakaliden, respectively. Corresponding values of PROFILE weathering rates were 37.1 and 42.7 mmolc m−2 yr−1. The PROFILE results indicated that steady-state weathering rate increased with soil depth as a function of exposed mineral surface area, reaching a maximum rate at 80 cm (Asa) and 60 cm (Flakaliden). In contrast, the depletion method indicated that the largest postglacial losses were in upper soil horizons, particularly at Flakaliden. With the exception of Mg and Ca in shallow soil horizons, PROFILE produced higher weathering rates than the depletion method, particularly of K and Na in deeper soil horizons. The lower weathering rates of the depletion method were partly explained by natural and anthropogenic variability in Zr gradients. The base cation budget approach produced significantly higher weathering rates of BCs, 134.6 mmolc m−2 yr−1 at Asa and 73.2 mmolc m−2 yr−1 at Flakaliden, due to high rates estimated for the nutrient elements Ca, Mg and K, whereas weathering rates were lower and similar to those for the depletion method (6.6 and 2.2 mmolc m−2 yr−1 at Asa and Flakaliden). The large discrepancy in weathering rates for Ca, Mg and K between the base cation budget approach and the other methods suggests additional sources for tree uptake in the soil not captured by measurements.

Base cation and silicon biogeochemistry under pine and scrub oak monocultures: implications for weathering rates

Geoderma ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 126 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 353-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.L. Johnson-Maynard ◽  
R.C. Graham ◽  
P.J. Shouse ◽  
S.A. Quideau
Keyword(s):  
Base Cation ◽  
Weathering Rates ◽  
Scrub Oak ◽  
Silicon Biogeochemistry

scholarly journals Predicting sedimentary bedrock subsurface weathering fronts and weathering rates

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiamin Wan ◽  
Tetsu K. Tokunaga ◽  
Kenneth H. Williams ◽  
Wenming Dong ◽  
Wendy Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Table ◽  
Pyrite Oxidation ◽  
Base Cation ◽  
Subsurface Water ◽  
Nitrogen Budgets ◽  
Weathering Rates ◽  
Marine Shale ◽  
Bedrock Weathering ◽  
Water Saturated

AbstractAlthough bedrock weathering strongly influences water quality and global carbon and nitrogen budgets, the weathering depths and rates within subsurface are not well understood nor predictable. Determination of both porewater chemistry and subsurface water flow are needed in order to develop more complete understanding and obtain weathering rates. In a long-term field study, we applied a multiphase approach along a mountainous watershed hillslope transect underlain by marine shale. Here we report three findings. First, the deepest extent of the water table determines the weathering front, and the range of annually water table oscillations determines the thickness of the weathering zone. Below the lowest water table, permanently water-saturated bedrock remains reducing, preventing deeper pyrite oxidation. Secondly, carbonate minerals and potentially rock organic matter share the same weathering front depth with pyrite, contrary to models where weathering fronts are stratified. Thirdly, the measurements-based weathering rates from subsurface shale are high, amounting to base cation exports of about 70 kmolc ha−1 y−1, yet consistent with weathering of marine shale. Finally, by integrating geochemical and hydrological data we present a new conceptual model that can be applied in other settings to predict weathering and water quality responses to climate change.

An approach at estimating present day base cation weathering rates: a case study for the Hermine watershed, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fougère Augustin ◽  
Daniel Houle ◽  
François Courchesne
Keyword(s):  
Base Cation ◽  
Weathering Rates

scholarly journals The importance of mineral determinations to PROFILE base cation weathering release rates: a case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1903-1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Casetou-Gustafson ◽  
Cecilia Akselsson ◽  
Stephen Hillier ◽  
Bengt A. Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Base Cation ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Arithmetic Means ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Weathering Rates ◽  
Profile Model ◽  
Quantitative Mineralogy ◽  
Mineral Data ◽  
Critical Loads Of Acidity

Abstract. Accurate estimates of base cation weathering rates in forest soils are crucial for policy decisions on sustainable biomass harvest levels and for calculations of critical loads of acidity. The PROFILE model is one of the most frequently used methods to quantify weathering rates, where the quantitative mineralogical input has often been calculated by the A2M (“Analysis to Mineralogy”) program based solely on geochemical data. The aim of this study was to investigate how uncertainties in quantitative mineralogy, originating from modeled mineral abundance and assumed stoichiometry, influence PROFILE weathering estimate, by using measured quantitative mineralogy by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) as a reference. Weathering rates were determined for two sites, one in northern (Flakaliden) and one in southern (Asa) Sweden. At each site, 3–4 soil profiles were analyzed at 10 cm depth intervals. Normative quantitative mineralogy was calculated from geochemical data and qualitative mineral data with the A2M program using two sets of qualitative mineralogical data inputs to A2M: (1) a site-specific mineralogy based on information about mineral identification and mineral chemical composition as determined directly by XRPD and electron microprobe analysis (EMPA), and (2) regional mineralogy, representing the assumed minerals present and assumed mineral chemical compositions for large geographical areas in Sweden, as per previous published studies. Arithmetic means of the weathering rates determined from A2M inputs (WA2M) were generally in relatively close agreement with those (WXRPD) determined by inputs based on direct XRPD and EMPA measurements. The hypothesis that using site-specific instead of regional mineralogy will improve the confidence in mineral data input to PROFILE was supported for Flakaliden. However, at Asa, site-specific mineralogies reduced the discrepancy for Na between WA2M and WXRPD but produced larger and significant discrepancies for K, Ca and Mg. For Ca and Mg the differences between weathering rates based on different mineralogies could be explained by differences in the content of some specific Ca- and Mg-bearing minerals, in particular amphibole, apatite, pyroxene and illite. Improving the accuracy in the determination of these minerals would reduce weathering uncertainties. High uncertainties in mineralogy, due for example to different A2M assumptions, had surprisingly little effect on the predicted weathering of Na- and K-bearing minerals. This can be explained by the fact that the weathering rate constants for the minerals involved, e.g. K feldspar and micas, are similar in PROFILE. Improving the description of the dissolution rate kinetics of the plagioclase mineral group as well as major K-bearing minerals (K feldspars and micas) should be a priority to help improve future weathering estimates with the PROFILE model.

Assessment of the spatial heterogeneity of weathering rates in upland catchments using the sodium dominance index and its significance in integrated catchment management

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
R.P. Smart ◽  
M.S. Cresser ◽  
D. Dahl ◽  
M.J. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Aerosols ◽  
Base Cation ◽  
Parent Material ◽  
Catchment Management ◽  
Sampling Point ◽  
Road Density ◽  
Dominance Index ◽  
High Sodium ◽  
Weathering Rates ◽  
Sodium Dominance

The sodium dominance index was developed to quantify weathering rates and critical loads in Scotland, where atmospheric aerosols of maritime origin dominate over biogeochemical weathering in providing base cation inputs to catchment soils and drainage waters. High sodium dominance in river or lake water indicates low weathering rate. Here, this concept is evaluated using intensive temporal and spatial sampling strategies in two substantial catchments, one in Scotland and the other in central England, with particular reference to detection of groundwater inputs, and to possible problems from road salting in the calibration. In the Dee network, the spatial distribution of sodium dominance reflects the distribution of soil parent material geology, but land use also influences the equations. It is postulated that road density, via winter road salting, influences the sodium dominance calibration in lowland agricultural areas. Although road salting can also be problematic in some upland areas, the index still can provide clear indication of the likely severity of acid flush events in remote upland streams. In the Etherow catchment, sodium dominance varies markedly, sometimes over relatively small distances, reflecting soil type distribution, the occurrence of ground-water inputs to streams, and the influence of water in tributaries above the sampling point.

Phosphorus and base cation accumulation and release patterns in decomposing Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch stumps

2010 ◽  
Vol 260 (9) ◽  
pp. 1478-1489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjo Palviainen ◽  
Leena Finér ◽  
Raija Laiho ◽  
Ekaterina Shorohova ◽  
Ekaterina Kapitsa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Base Cation ◽  
Silver Birch

Long-term base cation weathering rates in forested catchments of the Canadian Shield

Geoderma ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 247-248 ◽  
pp. 12-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fougère Augustin ◽  
Daniel Houle ◽  
Christian Gagnon ◽  
François Courchesne
Keyword(s):  
Base Cation ◽  
Canadian Shield ◽  
Forested Catchments ◽  
Weathering Rates
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