Hydrologic forcing of submarine groundwater discharge: Insight from a seasonal study of radium isotopes in a groundwater-dominated salt marsh estuary

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 230-239

  Charette, Matthew A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DISCHARGE; ESTUARY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; PAMET ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250815595     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.1.0230     Document Type: Article

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