Acid saline groundwaters and lakes of southern Western Australia
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 07:30
in Earth & Climate
The 'wheat belt' and 'gold fields' of southern Western Australia are associated with a regional acid saline groundwater system. Groundwaters hosted in the Yilgarn Craton there have pH levels as low as 2.4 and salinities as high as 28 percent, which have greatly affected bedrock and subsurface sediments.