Redistribution of monosulfidic black oozes by floodwaters in a coastal acid sulfate soil floodplain

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 603-607

  Bush, Richard T ^a   Sullivan, Leigh A ^a   Fyfe, Diane ^a   Johnston, Scott ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfur; Deoxygenation; Iron sulfides; MBO; Monosulfides; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

CANALS; COASTAL ZONES; DRAINAGE; RIVERS; SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS;

ACID SULFATE SOILS (ASS); DEOXYGENATION; FLOODWATERS; MONOSULFIDIC BLACK OOZES (MBO);

FLOODS;

ACID SOIL; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; OOZE; PYRITE;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 7044239682     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/sr03073     Document Type: Article

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