Evaluation of the flushing rates of Apalachicola Bay, Florida via natural geochemical tracers

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 395-408

  Dulaiova, Henrieta ^a   Burnett, William C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalachicola Bay Florida; Estuarine dynamics; Estuarine flushing; Geochemical tracers; Radium isotopes; Radon; Submarine ground water discharges

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FLUSHING; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIDAL CYCLE; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER EXCHANGE;

APALACHICOLA BAY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049105419     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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