Submarine groundwater discharge and associated fluxes of alkalinity and dissolved carbon into Moreton Bay (Australia) estimated via radium isotopes

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Stewart, Benjamin T ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Tait, Douglas R ^a   Macklin, Paul A ^a   Maher, Damien T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Mangrove; Permeable sediments; Subterranean estuary

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANGROVE; MASS BALANCE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84927583502     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.03.019     Document Type: Article

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