Critical coagulation in sulfidic sediments from an east-coast Australian acid sulfate landscape

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-175

  Macdonald, B C T ^a   Reynolds, J K ^b   Kinsela, A S ^a,c   Reilly, R J ^a   van Oploo, P ^c   Waite, T D ^c   White, I ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gel marine; Pyrite; Sulfidic sediments

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATES; COLLOIDAL CLAY; COMPETITIVE CATIONS; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; DLVO THEORY; FERROUS IRON; IONIC COMPOSITION; IRON SULFIDE; NATURAL OXIDATION; PORE WATERS; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; PYRITE OXIDATION; SOFT SEDIMENTS; SOIL PROFILES; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE; SULFIDIC SEDIMENTS;

CALCIUM; COAGULATION; GELATION; GELS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IRON; MINERALS; OXIDATION; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS; PYRITES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SULFIDE MINERALS; WATER;

CLAY MINERALS;

ACID SULFATE SOIL; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; COAGULATION; ELECTROLYTE; LANDSCAPE; OXIDATION; PH; PYRITE; SEDIMENT;

EID: 70349972845     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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