Hydrological and chemical connectivity dynamics in a groundwater-dependent ecosystem impacted by acid sulfate soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 441-457

  Nath, B ^a,b   Lillicrap, A M ^a,c   Ellis, L C ^a   Boland, D D ^a,d   Oldham, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER-DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS;

ACIDIFICATION; AQUIFERS; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAKES; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACID SULFATE SOIL; ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INFILTRATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SULFURIC ACID; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

EID: 84876586485     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012760     Document Type: Article

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