Salt marsh submarine groundwater discharge as traced by radium isotopes

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-121

  Charette, Matthew A ^a   Splivallo, Richard ^a   Herbold, Craig ^a   Bollinger, Marsha S ^b   Moore, Willard S ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Nutrients; Radium; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SALTMARSH; TRACER;

GREAT SIPPEWISSETT MARSH; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348161485     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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