Variation in groundwater salinity in a tidal salt marsh basin, North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-552

  Carter, Erin S ^a   White, Scott M ^a   Wilson, Alicia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

electrical resistivity; groundwater; marsh; modeling; salinity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CRAB HAUL CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH INLET; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37649001201     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.049     Document Type: Article

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