Salt-freshwater dynamics in a subterranean estuary over a spring-neap tidal cycle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Robinson, Clare ^a   Gibbes, B ^a   Carey, H ^a   Li, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH EFFECTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; TIDES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PH; POREWATER; SALINITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 36248975996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003888     Document Type: Article

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