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Dataset: radium isotopes in surface water
Deployment: LittleLagoon

Radium isotope results from surface waters of several sites around Little Lagoon, Alabama
Principal Investigator: 
William C. Burnett (Florida State University EOAS, FSU - EOAS)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Behzad Mortazavi (University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, UA/Tuscaloosa)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Current State: 
Final with updates expected
Version: 
working
Version Date: 
2014-09-16
Description

 Radium isotope results surface water runoff from Little Lagoon(LL),  Lake Shelby(LS), Canal(C), and Pass(P) samples in and around Lake Shelby, Alabama.  These data are part of a study to assess submarine groundwater discharge.

Results, methodology, summary tables and instrumentation are included in:

Su, Ni, W.C. Burnett, H.L. MacIntyre, J.D. Liefer, R.N. Peterson and R. Viso, 2014.  Natural Radon and Radium Isotopes for Assessing Groundwater Discharge into Little Lagoon, AL: Implications for Harmful Algal Blooms. Estuaries and Coasts, 37: 893-910.   (pdf)

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