Distribution of inland wetlands with sulfidic sediments in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 235-244

  Hall, K C ^a   Baldwin, D S ^a   Rees, G N ^a   Richardson, A J ^a  

^a MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidification; Sediments; Spatial distribution; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDIFICATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFIDES; SULFIDIC SEDIMENTS;

WETLANDS;

FRESH WATER; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ACIDIFICATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CATCHMENT; COASTAL ZONE; MINERAL RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SULFATE; WATER COLUMN; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 33748759818     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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