Canal estate development in an acid sulfate soil-Implications for human metal exposure

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-131

  Ljung, Karin ^a,b   Maley, Fiona ^a,b   Cook, Angus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dust; Soil disturbance; Sulfidic minerals

Indexed keywords

CANALS; DUST; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; METALS; POTABLE WATER; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

ACID SULFATE SOILS; AUSTRALIA; DEPOSITED MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NICKEL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SOIL METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACID SULFATE SOIL; ARSENIC; CANAL; DRINKING WATER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRON; PH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955053983     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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