Radon as a tracer of submarine groundwater discharge into a boat basin in Donnalucata, Sicily

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 862-873

  Burnett, William C ^a   Dulaiova, Henrieta ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Mediterranean Sea; Radium isotopes; Radon; Sicily; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; RADON; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; SUBMARINE;

DONNALUCATA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; RAGUSA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646375423     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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