Nutrient and radium fluxes from submarine groundwater discharge to Port Royal Sound, South Carolina

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-208

  Crotwell, Andrew M ^a   Moore, Willard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Port Royal Sound; Radium; Submarine groundwater discharge; Upper Floridan Aquifer

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RADIUM; SUBMARINE SPRING; WATER EXCHANGE;

FLORIDAN AQUIFER; NORTH AMERICA; PORT ROYAL SOUND; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542427807     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AQUA.0000022954.89019.c9     Document Type: Article

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