Radium mass-balance in Jamaica Bay, NY: Evidence for a substantial flux of submarine groundwater

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 419-441

  Beck, Aaron J ^a   Rapaglia, John P ^a   Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Bokuniewicz, Henry J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine chemistry; Ground water; Jamaica Bay; New York; Radium isotopes; SGD; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; MASS BALANCE; PERCOLATION; RADIUM; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SHALLOW WATER;

JAMAICA BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547840311     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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