Isotopic, trace element and nutrient characterization of coastal waters from Ubatuba inner shelf area, south-eastern Brazil

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 522-542

  Povinec, P P ^a   de Oliveira, J ^b   Braga, E S ^c   Comanducci, J F ^a   Gastaud, J ^a   Groening, M ^d   Levy Palomo, I ^a   Morgenstern, U ^e   Top, Z ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

18O; D; Brazil; coastal zone; groundwater; nutrients; radium isotopes; radon; rain; river water; seawater; stable isotopes; submarine groundwater discharge; trace elements; tritium; Ubatuba

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT; RADON ISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRITIUM;

BRAZIL; FLAMENGO BAY; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; UBATUBA;

EID: 37649009037     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.041     Document Type: Article

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