Occurrence and mobilization of radium in fresh to saline coastal groundwater inferred from geochemical and isotopic tracers (Sr, S, O, H, Ra, Rn)
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0883-2927/$ see front matter 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.09.004 ⇑ Corresponding author. Current address: Northwestern University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Evanston, IL, USA. Tel.: +1 847 491 3257; fa 491 4011. E-mail address: [email protected] (D.S. Vinson). 1 Current address: Hassan 1st University of Settat, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Khouribga, Hay Ezzaitouna, Khouribga 25000, Morocco. 2 Current address: Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA. David S. Vinson a,⇑, Tarik Tagma , Lhoussaine Bouchaou , Gary S. Dwyer , Nathaniel R. Warner , Avner Vengosh a
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