Radon Tracing of Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Coastal Environments

Land and Marine Hydrogeology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 25-43

  Burnett, William C ^a   Cable, Jaye E ^b   Corbett, D Reide ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PHASE INTERFACES; RADON; SUBMARINES;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER ENVIRONMENT; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

EID: 84902235418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451479-0/50015-7     Document Type: Chapter

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