Impacts of runoff from sulfuric soils on sediment chemistry in an estuarine lake

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 329, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 115-130

  Macdonald, Bennett C T ^a   Smith, Jodie ^b   Keene, Annabelle F ^c   Tunks, Mark ^d   Kinsela, Andrew ^b   White, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Tweed Shire Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid; Catchment development; Metals; Monosulfides; Oxidation products; Porewaters; Pyrite; Sediments; Sulfuric soils

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; FLOODS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

OXIDATION TRANSFORMS; SULFIDIC SOILS;

SOILS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; RUNOFF; SULFATE; SULFUR; ZINC;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION; POREWATER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; DREDGING; ESTUARY; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; LAND DRAINAGE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOLID; WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RAIN; SULFURIC ACIDS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3242664492     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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