Groundwater mixing, nutrient diagenesis, and discharges across a sandy beachface, Cape Henlopen, Delaware (USA)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 539-552

  Ullman, William J ^a   Chang, Bonnie ^a,b,d   Miller, Douglas C ^a   Madsen, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beachface; Coastal aquifer; Delaware Bay; Diagenesis; Groundwater; Mixing zones; Nutrients; Tidal pumping

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; MIXING; NUTRIENT;

CAPE HENLOPEN; DELAWARE; DELAWARE ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041707891     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00398-0     Document Type: Article

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