Semhi, Khadija and Amiotte Suchet, Philippe and Clauer, Norbert and Probst, Jean-Luc Impact of nitrogen fertilizers on the natural weathering-erosion processes and fluvial transport in the Garonne basin. (2000) Applied Geochemistry, 15 (6). 865-878. ISSN 0883-2927
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00076-1
Abstract
Knowledge of the impact of N-fertilizers on the weathering-erosion processes of soils in intensively cultivated regions is of prime importance. Nitrification of NH4− fertilizers produces HNO3 in the basin of the Garonne river, enhancing soil degradation. Their influence on the weathering rates was determined by calculating the consumption rate of atmospheric/soil CO2 by soil weathering and erosion, and its contribution to the total dissolved riverine HCO3−. This contribution was found to be less than 50% which corresponds normally to a complete carbonate dissolution by carbonic acid, suggesting that part of the alkalinity in the river waters is due to carbonate dissolution by an acid other than carbonic acid, probably HNO3.
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Institution: | French research institutions > Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE) Other partners > Université Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg I - ULP (FRANCE) |
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Deposited On: | 21 Jan 2011 14:07 |
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