Characterisation of submarine groundwater discharge offshore south-eastern Sicily

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-101

  Povinec, P P ^a,i   Aggarwal, P K ^b,i   Aureli, A ^c,i   Burnett, W C ^d,i   Kontar, E A ^e,i   Kulkarni, K M ^b,i   Moore, W S ^f,i   Rajar, R ^g,i   Taniguchi, M ^h,i   Comanducci, J F ^a,i   Cusimano, G ^c,i   Dulaiova, H ^e,i   Gatto, L ^c,i   Groening, M ^b,i   Hauser, S ^c,i   Levy Palomo, I ^a,i   Oregioni, B ^a,i   Ozorovich, Y R ^c,i   Privitera, A M G ^c,i   Schiavo, M A ^c,i  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

ⁱ Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Geophysical survey; Groundwater; Mediterranean Sea; Numerical modelling; Radioactive and stable isotopes; Seawater; Seepage measurement; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NUMERICAL MODELLING; RADIOACTIVE AND STABLE ISOTOPES; SEEPAGE MEASUREMENT; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

CATCHMENTS; CHARACTERIZATION; COASTAL ZONES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SUBMARINES;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; LIMESTONE; RADON; SEA WATER;

DISCHARGE; FRESHWATER; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL METHOD; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; RADON ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBMARINE;

ARMY; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEA POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SICILY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

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

EID: 33745215823     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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