Use of 222Rn and 226Ra to trace groundwater discharge into the Chesapeake Bay

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 127-134

  Hussain, N ^a   Church, T M ^a   Kim, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Groundwater; Water column

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; OUTFLOW; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; RADON; TRACER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033040453     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(99)00015-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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