Acidification of an estuarine tributary in eastern Australia due to drainage of acid sulfate soils

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 669-684

  Sammut, J ^a   White, I ^b,c   Melville, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SULPHATE SOILS; ACIDIFICATION; DRAINAGE WATER; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; TIDAL REACH; TRIBUTARY;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, RICHMOND RIVER;

EID: 0030302516     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9960669     Document Type: Article

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