Source and distribution of dissolved radium in the Bega River estuary, Southeastern Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 145-155

  Hancock, G J ^a   Murray, A S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

New South Wales Australia; Pore water; Radium; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; LEACHING; POREWATER; RADIUM; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERFACE;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, BEGA RIVER;

EID: 0029729247     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00218-2     Document Type: Article

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