Climate change adaptation in acid sulfate landscapes

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-442

  Lin, Chuxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid Mine Drainage (AMD); Acid Sulfate Landscapes (ASLs); Acid Sulfate Soils; Climate Change; Ecological Degradation; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID SULFATE SOIL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND RECLAMATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OXIDATION; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SULFIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 84864689340     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2012.433.442     Document Type: Review

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