Dynamics of submarine groundwater discharge and associated fluxes of dissolved nutrients, carbon, and trace gases to the coastal zone (Okatee River estuary, South Carolina)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-97

  Porubsky, W P ^a,d   Weston, N B ^a,e   Moore, W S ^b   Ruppel, C ^c   Joye, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Algenol Biofuels   (United States)

^e VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894439400     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.12.030     Document Type: Article

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