Use of multitracers for the study of water mixing in the Paraíba do Sul River estuary

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 564-570

  Souza, Thaísa Abreu ^a   Godoy, José Marcus ^a,b   Godoy, Maria Luiza D P ^b   Moreira, Isabel ^a   Carvalho, Zenildo L ^b   Salomão, Marcos Sarmet M B ^c   Rezende, Carlos E ^c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barium; Estuary; Multitracers; Para ba do Sul River; Radium isotopes; Salinity; Silicon; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DRY SEASONS; MIXING PROCESS; OPEN OCEAN; RADIUM ISOTOPES; RAINY SEASONS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER PLUME; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; STRONG CORRELATION; WATER MIXING;

BARIUM; DROUGHT; ESTUARIES; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIUM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

RIVERS;

BARIUM; RADIUM 224; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER; SILICON; URANIUM;

BARIUM; DIFFUSION; DISCHARGE; ESTUARY; MIXING; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RIVER PLUME; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SILICON; TRACER; URANIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ESTUARY; PLUME; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

BARIUM; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; RADIUM; RAIN; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SILICON; URANIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BRAZIL; RIO PARAIBA DO SUL;

EID: 77952704746     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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