High fluxes of radium and barium from the mouth of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River during low river discharge suggest a large groundwater source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 141-150

  Moore, Willard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Bay of Bengal; Ground water; Radium; Rivers and streams

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; GROUNDWATER; RADIUM; RIVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS;

BANGLADESH, GANGES, BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA, WEST BENGAL, GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER;

EID: 0031463677     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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