Temporal variations of mineral character of acid-producing pyritic coastal sediments, Southeast Queensland, Australia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 326, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 257-269

  Preda, Micaela ^a   Cox, Malcolm E ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid production; Clay minerals; Dissolution experiment; Gypsum; Jarosite; Natrojarosite; Pyrite; Weathering; X Ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGY; LEACHING; MORPHOLOGY; PYRITES; SEDIMENTS;

FLUVIAL REGIMES; PYRITE-RICH SEDIMENTS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

CATCHMENTS;

ACID; ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; PYRITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

CLAY MINERAL; COASTAL SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; PYRITE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHERING;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WATERS; DECOMPOSITION; ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LABORATORY; LEACHING; OBSERVATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEDIMENT; WEATHERING; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 2442473708     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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