Flow and nutrient dynamics in a subterranean estuary ( Waquoit Bay , MA , 1 USA ) : field data and reactive transport modeling
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Flow and nutrient dynamics in a subterranean estuary (Waquoit Bay, MA, 1 USA): field data and reactive transport modeling 2 3 Claudette Spiteri, Caroline P. Slomp, Matthew. A. Charette, Kagan Tuncay 4 and Christof Meile 5 (1) Department of Earth Sciences – Geochemistry, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht 6 University, P.O. Box 80021, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands; [email protected], 7 [email protected] 8 (2) Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic 9 Institution, Massachusetts MA 02543, USA; [email protected] 10 (3) Faculty of Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Kalkanli, Güzelyurt, 11 Cyprus, Mersin 10, Turkey; [email protected] 12 (4) Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3636, 13 USA; [email protected] 14 15 *Corresponding author 16 Now at: 17 Marine and Coastal Systems, 18 Deltares (WL | Delft Hydraulics) 19 P.O. Box 177, 2
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