Submarine groundwater discharge in the southeastern Mediterranean (Israel)

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 360-372

  Weinstein, Y ^a   Less, G ^a   Kafri, U ^b   Herut, B ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

222Rn; 226Ra; Aquifer; Mediterranean; Salinity; Seawater; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956670898     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08029-0     Document Type: Review

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