Table 2.  Annual average input of cations in salt spray (In) and output of the leachate from 60 cm below the surface on the sand (Out) in kg×ha-1×yr-1 for three zones of the foredune at Bodie and Ocracoke islands, North Carolina (from van der Valk 1974b).
  Potassium Sodium Calcium Magnesium
Zone In Out In Out In Out In Out
 
Back 18 15 310 280 19 11  42 36
Top 42 37 740 720 44 34 100 97
Front 77 71 1,300 1,300 80 74 180  180
 
Back 13 13 250 250 39 37 37 39
Top 28 26 530 520 82 88  78 77
Front 42 37 780 710 120 130 120 110