Field measurements and modeling of groundwater flow and biogeochemistry at Moses Hammock, a backbarrier island on the Georgia coast

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 69-90

  Porubsky, W P ^a   Joye, S B ^a   Moore, W S ^b   Tuncay, K ^c   Meile, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hammock groundwater; Nitrogen cycle; Reaction transport modeling; Spring neap tide cycle; Upland marsh transition

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BARRIER ISLAND; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FIELDWORK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; TIDAL CYCLE;

GEORGIA; MOSES HAMMOCK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957829043     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9484-8     Document Type: Article

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