Submarine groundwater discharge in a subsiding coastal lowland: A 226Ra and 222Rn investigation in the Southern Venice lagoon

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 907-920

  Gattacceca, Julie C ^a   Mayer, Adriano ^b   Cucco, Andrea ^c   Claude, Christelle ^a   Radakovitch, Olivier ^a   Vallet Coulomb, Christine ^a   Hamelin, Bruno ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; BOTTOM WATER; CENTRAL BASIN; COASTAL LOWLAND; COASTAL PLAIN; DISCHARGE RATES; FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER FLUXES; HIGH ACTIVITY; HIGH-RA; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROLOGIC BALANCE; INTERSTITIAL WATER; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; RIVERINE INPUT; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT INTERFACE; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STEADY STATE; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; SURFACE RUNOFFS; VENICE LAGOON; WATER EXCHANGE RATES; WATERBODIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBMARINES;

LAKES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL PLAIN; DISCHARGE; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIEZOMETER; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER EXCHANGE;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 79953689566     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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