Carbonate dissolution and precipitation in coastal environments: Laboratory analysis and theoretical consideration

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Singurindy, Olga ^a   Berkowitz, Brian ^a   Lowell, Robert P ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Seawater interface; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); ROCKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY;

CARBONATE DISSOLUTION; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS;

COASTAL ZONES;

CARBONATE; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER;

EID: 2442703223     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002651     Document Type: Article

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