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Anthropogenic
inputs:
Natural
inputs:
Losses:
Atmospheric
contamination
Volatilization to
atmosphere
Atmospheric
deposition
Water
contamination
Offtake in
crops
Deposition from
water
Wastes added to
soil
Cycling through
vegetation
Fertilizers
Soil
Ion exchange -
physisorption
Ligand exchange -
chemisorption
Soil
solution
Chelation
Precipitation
Losses:
Leaching in
drainage water
Erosion of soil
Figure 15 An overview of soil processes
