Using 222Rn to estimate submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and the associated nutrient fluxes into Xiangshan Bay, East China Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-191

  Wu, Zijun ^a   Zhou, Huaiyang ^a   Zhang, Shuai ^a   Liu, Yang ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

222Rn; Nutrients; Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD); Xiangshan Bay

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RATE; BALANCE MODEL; COASTAL WATERS; EAST CHINA SEA; EUTROPHICATION CONTROL; NUTRIENT FLUXES; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; XIANGSHAN BAYS;

EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; LOADING;

NUTRIENTS;

GROUND WATER; RADON 222; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER; WELL WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RADON; WATER POLLUTANT;

DISCHARGE; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUTRIENT; RADON ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POROSITY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; SEA; SEASHORE; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; (222)RN; BAY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE (SGD); WATER POLLUTANT; XIANGSHAN BAY; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; XIANGSHAN BAY; ZHEJIANG;

(222)RN; NUTRIENTS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE (SGD); XIANGSHAN BAY;

BAYS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RADON; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84881025567     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.024     Document Type: Article

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