The phrase "acid weather" is not commonly used in written English and may not be widely understood.
It could be used in contexts discussing environmental issues, particularly in relation to acid rain or its effects on weather patterns.
Example: "The region has been experiencing acid weather, leading to significant damage to local vegetation and water sources."
Alternatives: "acid rain" or "acidic precipitation".
pH and base saturation were used to indicate leaching (flowpath), ferrolysis (fluctuating watertable), acid weathering and accumulation (water saturation).
In this study, the ratio of HCO3 −/(HCO3 − + SO4 2−) was very high (0.94) which indicates that a mostly carbonic acid weathering process involved in the groundwater geochemistry.
Pandey et al. (2001) suggested that a carbonic acid weathering process was the major proton producer in waters where a relatively high ratio of HCO3 −/(HCO3 − + SO4 2−) was found.
Based on the HCO3−/ HCO3− + SO42−) ratios (0.8 0.99), carbonic acid weathering appeared to control Ca2+, Mg2+, HCO3− and SO42− acquisition in the groundwater.
The relative high ratio of HCO3/ HCO3 + SO4) in most of the surface water (>0.5) (Fig. 5) signified that carbonic acid weathering was proton producer in these waters (Pandey et al. 2001).
In the present groundwater samples, HCO3−/(HO3− + SO42−) varied from 0.8 to 0.99, suggesting that carbonic acid weathering of carbonate, dolomite and gypsum controlled the abundance of Ca2+, Mg2+, HCO3− and SO42− in the groundwater.
While local geologies influence soil mineralogy in both series, aeolian dust deposition is as significant and its affect is further enhanced by organic-acid weathering from an overlying pinyon-juniper woodland and the current ustic climate regime.
The decrease in exchangeable Al, the higher swelling of the smectitic layer and the smaller proportion of Fe and Al-oxy-hydroxides could be explained by the complexing acid conditions, which increased mineral weathering and Al leaching.
Parent material: most extensive on acid rock weathering, notably in strongly weathered clays, which are undergoing further degradation.
The exposure of these sulfide-bearing sediments initiates rapid acid sulfate weathering processes resulting in extremely acidic soils and runoff.
