Seasonal cycles in radium and barium within a subterranean estuary: Implications for groundwater derived chemical fluxes to surface waters

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-177

  Gonneea, Meagan Eagle ^a   Mulligan, Ann E ^a   Charette, Matthew A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE WATER; TRANSITION ZONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACER;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

EID: 84881623890     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.034     Document Type: Article

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