Silicic acid flux to the ocean from tidal permeable sediments: A modeling study

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-62

  Chassagne, Romain Louis ^a   Lecroart, Pascal ^a   Beaugendre, Héloïse ^a   Capo, Sylvain ^a   Parisot, Jean Paul ^a   Anschutz, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Beach sands; Coastal environment; Richards equation; Silicic acid; Tidal forcing; Unsaturated porous media

Indexed keywords

BEACH SAND; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; RICHARDS EQUATION; SILICIC ACIDS; TIDAL FORCING; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

BEACHES; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TIDES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTION KINETICS; RICHARDS EQUATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICIC ACID; SLOPE ANGLE; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84859487561     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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