Linking groundwater discharge to severe estuarine acidification during a flood in a modified wetland

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3310-3316

  De Weys, Jason ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATE SOILS; DRY SEASONS; FLOOD PLAINS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL GROUNDWATER; RAIN EVENTS; SOIL PRODUCTS; SURFACE WATER INTERACTION;

ACIDIFICATION; CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RAIN; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

RADON;

GROUND WATER; RADON 222; RAIN; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; DRY SEASON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERMEABILITY; PH; RADON; RUNOFF; SOIL TYPE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; TIME SERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONDUCTANCE; ESTUARY; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODPLAIN; PH; SEASON; SOIL; SWAMP; WATER TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RADON; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 79954546731     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es104071r     Document Type: Article

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