Tidally driven water column hydro-geochemistry in a remediating acidic wetland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 128-139

  Johnston, Scott G ^a   Keene, Annabelle F ^a   Bush, Richard T ^a   Sullivan, Leigh A ^a   Wong, Vanessa N L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Iron; Tidal forcing; Tidal marsh; Water quality; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE FLUX; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; GEOCHEMICAL CONTROL; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; MACROPORES; MOBILISATION; REDUCING PROCESS; REFLECTING SURFACE; SATURATION INDEX; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SULPHATES; TEMPORAL DYNAMISM; TIDAL FORCING; TIDAL MARSHES; WATER COLUMNS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CARBONATE MINERALS; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRON COMPOUNDS; PH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

SURFACE WATERS;

ACID SULFATE SOIL; ACIDITY; ADVECTION; ARAGONITE; ARSENIC; IRON; MOBILIZATION; PH; RECOLONIZATION; SEEPAGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

EID: 80054064494     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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