Submarine groundwater discharge into the sea and associated nutrient transport in a sandy beach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1467-1479

  Uchiyama, Yusuke ^a,d   Nadaoka, Kazuo ^b   Rölke, Peter ^b   Adachi, Kumiko ^c   Yagi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Port and Harbour Research Institute   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Port and Harbour Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE;

MINERALIZATION; WATER TABLE;

WATER ANALYSIS;

BEACH; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SUBMARINE SPRING;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034118061     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900029     Document Type: Article

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