Chapter 5 Uranium- and Thorium-Series Nuclides as Tracers of Submarine Groundwater Discharge

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 155-191

  Charette, M A ^a   Moore, W S ^b   Burnett, W C ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41949122523     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(07)00005-8     Document Type: Review

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