Reconnaissance of submarine groundwater discharge at Ubatuba coast, Brazil, using 222Rn as a natural tracer

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 37-52

  Oliveira, J ^a   Burnett, W C ^b   Mazzilli, B P ^a   Braga, E S ^a   Farias, L A ^a   Christoff, J ^b   Furtado, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn and 226Ra in seawater; Brazil; Isotopes in the environment; Natural radionuclides as tracers of oceanographic processes; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE;

SUBSURFACE FLUIDS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

GROUND WATER; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; SEA WATER; TRACER;

COASTAL ZONE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NUTRIENT; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHENOMENOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; WATER ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO STATE; UBATUBA;

EID: 0038726483     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00085-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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