234Th and 7Be as tracers for the transport and dynamics of suspended particles in a partially mixed estuary

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2487-2505

  Feng, Huan ^a   Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Hirschberg, David J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THORIUM; TRACER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033395471     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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