Ge/Si Ratios Record the Impact of Forest Conversion to Cropland on Soil Chemical Weathering Processes and Solutes Export to Rivers

Yolanda Ameijeiras-Marino1, Sophie Opfergelt2, Louis A Derry3, Jérémy Robinet4 and Pierre Delmelle1, (1)Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Environmental Sciences (ELIe), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, (2)Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Environmental Sciences, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, (3)Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, United States, (4)Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Leuven, Belgium