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Estimation of background sulphate concentrations in natural surface waters in Sweden

✍ Scribed by Anders Wilander

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
964 KB
Volume
75
Category
Article
ISSN
0049-6979

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✦ Synopsis

In order to measure the extent of acidification the background, 'preindustrial' conditions must be known. An equation for the estimation of background concentrations of sulphate in surface water in Norway was proposed by Henriksen. When applied on data from the Swedish lake survey in 1990 it was found that the calculated background concentrations exceeded those measured for about one-third of the lakes. The proposed revision is based on a background concentration in precipitation and an estimated contribution from weathering, the latter associated with base cations. Three different approaches were tested to establish the contribution from weathering; geochemical ratios or groundwater chemistry data as a basis, and historical data on denudification. The weathering calculated from groundwater chemistry data seems to give the best estimate of the background sulphate concentration in surface water. Organic matter as source or sink of sulphur is discussed and considered negligible.

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