Estimating groundwater discharge into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico using radon-222

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 591-604

  Cable, Jaye E ^a,b   Burnett, William C ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^a   Weatherly, Georges L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Ground water; Gulf of Mexico; Rn 222

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; RADON 222; RADON-222; SUBMARINE DISCHARGE; TRACER; TRACERS;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0030437331     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00173-2     Document Type: Article

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