Radium isotopes as tracers of submarine groundwater discharge in Sicily

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 852-861

  Moore, Willard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Mediterranean sea; Radium isotopes; Seawater; Sicily; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SUBMARINE; SURFACE WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646368667     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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