Radon tracing of groundwater discharge into an Australian estuary surrounded by coastal acid sulphate soils

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 396, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 246-257

  Santos, Isaac R ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal hydrology; Lismore, backswamp; Permeable sediments; Submarine groundwater discharge; Tidal pumping

Indexed keywords

COASTAL HYDROLOGY; LISMORE, BACKSWAMP; PERMEABLE SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; TIDAL PUMPING;

ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; PUMPS; RADON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SUBMARINES; SULFURIC ACID; TIME SERIES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

ACID SULFATE SOIL; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MASS BALANCE; PH; RADON ISOTOPE; RUNOFF; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; SWAMP; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; AUSTRALIA; LISMORE [ARGYLL AND BUTE]; NEW SOUTH WALES; RICHMOND RIVER; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650306851     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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