Seasonal dynamics in dissolved organic carbon concentrations in a coastal water-table aquifer at the forest-marsh interface

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-232

  Goni, Miguel A ^a   Gardner, L Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Dissolved organic carbon; Ground water; Subterranean estuary

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SALINE INTRUSION; SEASONALITY;

EID: 2442462520     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AQUA.0000022955.82700.ed     Document Type: Article

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