Ground water input to coastal salt ponds of southern Rhode Island estimated using 226Ra as a tracer

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 163-174

  Scott, Margaret K ^a   Bradley Moran, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground water; Radium; Submarine ground water discharge; Tracer

Indexed keywords

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

COASTAL WATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; TRACER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; POND; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RADIUM; RHODE ISLAND; SEAWATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345895411     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00172-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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