Tidal pumping of groundwater into the coastal ocean revealed from submarine 222Rn and CH4 monitoring

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Kim, Guebuem ^a   Hwang, Dong Woon ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; SUBMARINES;

SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE (SGD); TIDAL OSCILLATION PUMPING FORCE; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL SEAWATER; COASTAL WATERS; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; RIVER DISCHARGE; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GEOPHYSICS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

DISCHARGE; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE SPRING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TRACER;

EID: 0347928842     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015093     Document Type: Article

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