Flow and nutrient dynamics in a subterranean estuary (Waquoit Bay, MA, USA): Field data and reactive transport modeling

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3398-3412

  Spiteri, Claudette ^a   Slomp, Caroline P ^a   Charette, Matthew A ^b   Tuncay, Kagan ^c   Meile, Christof ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARY; FLOW MODELING; IRON OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; POREWATER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SORPTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

EID: 45849110341     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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