Factors contributing to the acid sulfate soil scalding process in the coastal floodplains of New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 587-594

  Rosicky, Mark A ^a   Sullivan, Leigh A ^a   Slavich, Peter G ^b   Hughes, Mike ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soil acidity; Acid sulfate soil salinity; Backswamp drainage; Backswamp management; Pyrite oxidation; Subsurface pyrite; Surface pyrite

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; COASTAL ZONES; EVAPORATION; FLOODS; PH EFFECTS; SULFATE MINERALS; VEGETATION;

ACID SULFATE SOIL (ASS); NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA; SCALDS; SOIL SURFACES;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; COASTAL ZONE; FLOODPLAIN; PYRITE; SULFATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

EQUUS ASINUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 7044228173     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/sr03076     Document Type: Article

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