Radon and radium isotope assessment of submarine groundwater discharge in the Yellow River delta, China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Peterson, Richard N ^a   Burnett, William C ^a   Taniguchi, Makoto ^b   Chen, Jianyao ^c   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Ishitobi, Tomotoshi ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RADIUM; RADON; SEAWATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE FRONT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PH; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SEEPAGE; TIME SERIES; TRACER; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 57049112175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004776     Document Type: Article

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