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Acid sulfate soils publications

Reports, fact sheets, tools and guidance.
Last updated: 3 May 2023

Contents

  1. National acid sulfate soils guidance
  2. Guidelines for identifying and managing acid sulfate soils
  3. Tools
  4. Understanding acid sulfate soils and acidic groundwater
  5. Risk and acidity characterisation mapping
  6. Aquatic impacts of acid sulfate soils
  7. Treatment and management
  8. Journal articles authored by our team

National acid sulfate soils guidance

View the Australian Government's National acid sulfate soils guidance.

Guidelines for identifying and managing acid sulfate soils

Tools

Cone of depression calculator

Lime rate calculator

Understanding acid sulfate soils and acidic groundwater

Risk and acidity characterisation mapping

Aquatic impacts of acid sulfate soils

Treatment and management

Journal articles authored by our team

Miller et al. 2009. Relationship between Metals Leached and Soil Type from Potential Acid Sulphate Soils under Acidic and Neutral Conditions in Western Australia. Water Air & Soil Pollution.

Kilminster, K & Cartwright, I 2011. 'A sulfur-stable-isotope-based screening tool for assessing impact of acid sulphate soils on waterways', Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 62 (2) pp. 152–61.

Degens 2011. Performance of Pilot-Scale Sulphate-Reducing Bioreactors Treating Acidic Saline Water Under Semi-Arid Conditions. Water Air & Soil Pollution.

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Acid sulfate soils

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