High 226Ra and 228Ra activities in Nueces Bay, Texas indicate large submarine saline discharges

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 131-145

  Breier, J A ^a,b   Edmonds, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brines; Estuarine chemistry; Estuarine dynamics; Groundwater; Nueces Bay; Radium isotopes; Submarine groundwater discharge; Texas

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL ZONE; GROUNDWATER; MASS BALANCE; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT; SUBMARINE CHANNEL;

NORTH AMERICA; NUECES BAY; NUECES RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845360314     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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