Mercury dynamics in a coastal aquifer: Maunalua Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-65

  Ganguli, Priya M ^a,d   Swarzenski, Peter W ^b   Dulaiova, Henrieta ^c   Glenn, Craig R ^c   Flegal, A Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Estuarine chemistry; Groundwater; Groundwater surface water interaction; Mercury; Mixing processes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCEAN TIDE; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNALUA BAY; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896874630     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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