Deep submarine groundwater discharge indicated by tracers of oxygen, strontium isotopes and barium content in the Pingtung coastal zone, southern Taiwan

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 51-58

  Lin, In Tian ^a   Wang, Chung Ho ^b   You, Chen Feng ^c   Lin, Saulwood ^d   Huang, Kuo Fang ^c   Chen, Yue Gau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Sr isotope; Stable oxygen isotope; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CANYON; COASTAL ZONE; DEEP SEA; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

KAOPING SUBMARINE CANYON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PINGTUNG; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 78249235915     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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