Short- and long-term temporal variations in salinity and the oxygen, carbon and hydrogen isotopic compositions of the Hooghly Estuary water, India

Chemical Geology

Volumn 335, Issue , 2013, Pages 118-127

  Ghosh, Prosenjit ^a   Chakrabarti, Ramananda ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hooghly river; Monsoon; Salinity; Stable isotopes; Tropical estuary

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; CARBON AND HYDROGENS; DIFFERENT SLOPES; DIFFERENTIAL MIXING; FRESHWATER SOURCES; GANGES RIVER; HIGH TIDES; LOW SALINITY; MIXING MODELS; MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SALINITY VARIATIONS; SAMPLING LOCATION; SAMPLING SITE; SEAWATER MIXING; STABLE ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME LAG; TWO-COMPONENT; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SAMPLES;

CARBON; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; METHANE; MIXING; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

GANGES RIVER; HOOGHLY ESTUARY; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84870556032     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.10.051     Document Type: Article

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