Evaluation of 224Ra as a tracer for submarine groundwater discharge in Long Island Sound (NY)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 314-330

  Garcia Orellana, J ^a,b   Cochran, J K ^c   Bokuniewicz, H ^c   Daniel, J W R ^c   Rodellas, V ^b   Heilbrun, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GROUNDWATER; MASS BALANCE; OXIC CONDITIONS; RADIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER COLUMN;

CONNECTICUT; LONG ISLAND SOUND; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905406840     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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