Soil properties in and around acid sulfate soil scalds in the coastal floodplains of New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 595-602

  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 pH; Backswamp drainage; Backswamp management; Pyrite oxidation; Pyrite re formation; Subsurface pyrite; Surface pyrite

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; COASTAL ZONES; DRAINAGE; ESTUARIES; GELS; OXIDATION; SULFATE MINERALS; VEGETATION;

ACIDIFICATION; COASTAL BACKSWAMPS; PADDOCKS; SOIL PROPERTIES;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; CHROMIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; PYRITE; SOIL PROPERTY; SULFATE;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 7044235889     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/sr03078     Document Type: Article

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