Inferring coastal processes from regional-scale mapping of 222Radon and salinity: Examples from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 544-552

  Stieglitz, Thomas C ^a,b,c   Cook, Peter G ^d   Burnett, William C ^e  

^a Townsville ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal; Estuaries; Great Barrier Reef; Mangroves; Mixing; Radon; Salinity; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COASTAL ESTUARY; COASTAL PROCESS; COASTAL SURFACE WATERS; CONCURRENT MAPPING; FRESHWATER INPUTS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MANGROVE FOREST; MULTI-DETECTORS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RADON ISOTOPES; REGIONAL SCALE; RIVERINE FLUX; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIDAL PUMPING;

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADON; REEFS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SUBMARINES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

RADON 222;

COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER INPUT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; MAPPING; MIXING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADON ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COASTAL WATERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ESTUARY; MANGROVE; OCEAN CURRENT; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; RADON; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 77952703907     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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