%0 Article
%T Trace elements in soil profiles of paludified spruce forests
%A Vasander, H.
%A Mäkinen, A.
%A Pakarinen, P.
%D 1979
%J Silva Fennica
%V 13
%N 1
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a14870
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5016
%X <p>Gleysol profiles of five southern Finnish sites dominated by Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies</em> (L.) H. Karst.) were described according to the Canadian system of soil classification, and the total contents of five metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe) were analysed in each soil profile. Lead, zinc and manganese showed highest concentrations in the organic surface horizons with a decrease towards mineral soil horizons. Vopper distribution was somewhat irregular. Iron had maximum values in the mineral soil: in A-horizon of Rego Gleysols and in B-horizon of Fera Gleysols. A preliminary comparison of metal pools in soil (root layer) with annual atmospheric input shows that the role of atmospheric deposition is relatively greater in the case of Cu, Zn and Pb than for Fe or Mn.</p>
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