Characteristics of the acidity in acid sulfate soil drainage waters, McLeods Creek, northeastern NSW, Australia

Green, Rosalind; Waite, David; Melville, Michael D; MacDonald, Bennett

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Characteristics of the acidity in acid sulfate soil drainage waters, McLeods Creek, northeastern NSW, Australia

Date

2006

Authors

Green, Rosalind

Waite, David

Melville, Michael D

MacDonald, Bennett

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Catchments that contain acid sulfate soils can discharge large quantities of acid and dissolved metals into waterways. At McLeods Creek in far northern NSW, Australia, the acidity from the hydrolysis of dissolved metal species, particularly aluminium and