Submarine fresh groundwater discharge into Laizhou Bay comparable to the Yellow River flux

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Xuejing ^a,b   Li, Hailong ^a,b   Jiao, Jiu Jimmy ^c   Barry, D A ^d   Li, Ling ^e,f   Luo, Xin ^c   Wang, Chaoyue ^b   Wan, Li ^b   Wang, Xusheng ^b   Jiang, Xiaowei ^b   Ma, Qian ^b   Qu, Wenjing ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84924291734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08814     Document Type: Article

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