Sulfidic materials in dryland river wetlands

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 775-788

  Lamontagne, S ^a   Hicks, W S ^a   Fitzpatrick, R W ^a   Rogers, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

ASS; Monosulfide; Murray Darling Basin; Pyrite; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATE SOIL; ACIDIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; SALINIZATION; SULFIDE; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

EID: 33845290209     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06057     Document Type: Article

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