Storm-driven groundwater flow in a salt marsh

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wilson, Alicia M ^a   Moore, Willard S ^a   Joye, Samantha B ^b   Anderson, Joseph L ^a   Schutte, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOW; CONFINED AQUIFERS; CONTAMINANT DISCHARGE; CREEK BANKS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; NUTRIENT DISCHARGES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SALT MARSH ECOSYSTEM; SALT MARSHES; STORM SURGES; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL WETLANDS;

AQUIFERS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOLOGY; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; RADIUM; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIDES; WETLANDS;

STORMS;

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONFINED AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; STORM SURGE; TIDAL CYCLE; TRACER;

EID: 79952035886     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009496     Document Type: Article

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