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CHEMICAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SURFACE WATER AND THE GROUND IN SOUTH FLORIDA 1
Author(s) -
Greenfield Leonard J.,
Hare Curtis R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1973.tb05818.x
Subject(s) - peat , bedrock , hydrology (agriculture) , soil water , geology , soil horizon , vegetation (pathology) , erosion , environmental science , groundwater , surface water , soil science , geomorphology , ecology , medicine , geotechnical engineering , pathology , environmental engineering , biology
Analyses of soil and water were made in a stretch of shallow ground north of a cypress head in South Florida. The area is covered with water for part of the year, and it flows slowly southward. The soil is primarily peat formed from the local graminid vegetation during its decay. The top layer consists of a blue‐green algal mat whose decay products contribute to the peat also. Collections of soil (including the top layer) were made layer by layer and anlyzed for cations and anions and for ion exchange capacity. The latter appears to be high enough in all layers to account for the ion content within the soil and surrounding waters. It probably is a very important buffer system that retards limestone erosion. CEC values ranged from 20 to 190 meg/100 gm dry soil from bedrock to surface.