Rainfall pH in the Venezuelan savannah

Eugenio Sanhueza; Nelson Graterol; Alberto Rondón

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v39i3.15352

Rainfall pH in the Venezuelan savannah

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 39 (1987): Issue 3

By: Eugenio Sanhueza, Nelson Graterol and Alberto Rondón

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|Jan 1987

Abstract

The pH of rainfall samples collected by event were measured at three sites in the Venezuelan Savannah. The volume-weighted average pH values at Camburito, Joaquin del Tigre and La Paragua were 4.4, 5.1 and 4.8, respectively. These low pH values are in agreement with the reported values for other rural areas of tropical America.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v39i3.15352 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 329 - 332

Submitted on: May 15, 1986

Accepted on: Aug 7, 1986

Published on: Jan 1, 1987

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1987 Eugenio Sanhueza, Nelson Graterol, Alberto Rondón, published by Stockholm University Press
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