Estimating submarine groundwater discharge around Isola La Cura, northern Venice Lagoon (Italy), by using the radium quartet

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 292-306

  Garcia Solsona, E ^a,b   Masque P ^a,b   Garcia Orellana, J ^a,b   Rapaglia, J ^c   Beck, A J ^c   Cochran, J K ^c   Bokuniewicz, H J ^c   Zaggia, L ^d   Collavini, F ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marsh; Mass balance; Radium isotopes; Submarine groundwater discharge; Venice Lagoon

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAGOON; MARSH; MASS BALANCE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SALINITY; TIDAL CYCLE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LA CURA ISLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

CURA;

EID: 43049105025     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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