Thermal evidence of water exchange through a coastal aquifer: Implications for nutrient fluxes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Moore, Willard S ^a,d   Krest, James ^a   Taylor, Glenn ^b   Roggenstein, Edward ^b,e   Joye, Samantha ^c   Lee, Rosalynn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL OCEAN; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; HIGH PERMEABILITY ZONE; NUTRIENT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE PROBES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; WATER EXCHANGE;

NUTRIENTS;

EID: 0347367044     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014923     Document Type: Article

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