Carbon dioxide dynamics driven by groundwater discharge in a coastal floodplain creek

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 493, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-42

  Atkins, Marnie L ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Ruiz Halpern, Sergio ^a   Maher, Damien T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geochemical tracers; Greenhouse gases; Permeable sediments; Saltmarsh; Submarine groundwater discharge; Subterranean estuary

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; SALT MARSHES; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; SUBTERRANEAN ESTUARY; TIME-SERIES EXPERIMENTS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; FLOODS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; RIVERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISCHARGE; ENRICHMENT; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MANGROVE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON ISOTOPE; SALTMARSH; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TRACER;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; RICHMOND RIVER;

EID: 84877834698     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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