Radium isotope tracers to evaluate coastal ocean mixing and residence times

Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 331-343

  Zhang, L ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Swarzenski, P W ^b   Liu, Z ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIUM; WATER QUALITY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL STUDIES; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAMINANT DISCHARGE; RADIUM ISOTOPES; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE MANAGERS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; WATER RESIDENCE TIME;

MIXING;

EID: 84880582392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10637-8_17     Document Type: Chapter

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