Sources of land-derived runoff to a coral reef-fringed embayment identified using geochemical tracers in nearshore sediment traps

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-471

  Takesue, Renee K ^a   Bothner, Michael H ^b   Reynolds, Richard L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

coral reefs; magnetic properties; provenance; radioisotopes; sediment traps; trace elements

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; CORAL REEF; DESORPTION; FLOOD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RADIONUCLIDE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRAP; THOLEIITE; TIME SERIES; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER; WATERSHED;

HANALEI BAY; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 70449518391     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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