Groundwater Flow to the Coastal Ocean

Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 88-97

  Mulligan, A E ^a   Charette, M A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal groundwater; Darcy's law; Freshwater springs; Groundwater seawater interaction; Iron oxides; Nutrients; Radium; Radon; Seepage meters; Subterranean estuary; Tracers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960369746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012374473-9.00645-7     Document Type: Chapter

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