The enhancement of 226Ra in a tidal estuary due to the operation of fertilizer factories and redissolution from sediments: Experimental results and a modelling study

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 809-819

  Perianez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

226Ra; Dispersion; Fertilizer; Huelva estuary; Numerical model; Phosphogypsum; Redissolution; Sediment; Tides

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZER; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADON ISOTOPE; TIDAL CHANNEL;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

EID: 0036558706     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0858     Document Type: Article

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