Biogeochemical transport in the Loxahatchee River estuary, Florida: The role of submarine groundwater discharge

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 248-265

  Swarzenski, Peter W ^a   Orem, William H ^a   McPherson, Benjamin F ^a   Baskaran, Mark ^b   Wan, Yongshan ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic seepage meter; Estuarine transport; Nutrient fluxes; Radium isotopes; Radon; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; THORIUM; URANIUM;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOXAHATCHEE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746447625     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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