Groundwater discharges in the Baltic Sea: Survey and quantification using a schlieren technique application

Geofluids

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-250

  Karpen, Volker ^a   Thomsen, L ^a   Suess, Erwin ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Groundwater; Quantification; Schlieren; Seepage; Submarine springs; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OUTFLOW; SEEPAGE; SUBMARINE SPRING; VISUALIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 33746284059     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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