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Oceanography

2021

Submarine groundwater discharge

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Full-Text Articles in Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Radium Isotopes As Submarine Groundwater Discharge (Sgd) Tracers: Review And Recommendations, J. Garcia-Orellana, V. Rodellas, Joseph Tamborski, M. Diego-Feliu, P. Van Beek, Y. Weinstein, M. Charette, A. Alorda-Kleinglass, H.A. Michael, T. Stieglitz, J. Scholten Jan 2021

Radium Isotopes As Submarine Groundwater Discharge (Sgd) Tracers: Review And Recommendations, J. Garcia-Orellana, V. Rodellas, Joseph Tamborski, M. Diego-Feliu, P. Van Beek, Y. Weinstein, M. Charette, A. Alorda-Kleinglass, H.A. Michael, T. Stieglitz, J. Scholten

OES Faculty Publications

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is now recognized as an important process of the hydrological cycle worldwide and plays a major role as a conveyor of dissolved compounds to the ocean. Naturally occurring radium isotopes (Ra-223, Ra-224, Ra-226 and Ra-228) are widely employed geochemical tracers in marine environments. Whilst Ra isotopes were initially predominantly applied to study open ocean processes and fluxes across the continental margins, their most common application in the marine environment has undoubtedly become the identification and quantification of SGD. This review focuses on the application of Ra isotopes as tracers of SGD and associated inputs of water …


Neodymium Isotope Geochemistry Of A Subterranean Estuary, Darren A. Chevis, T. Jade Mohajerin, Ningfang Yang, Jaye E. Cable, E. Troy Rasbury, Sidney R. Hemming, David J. Burdige, Jonathan B. Martin, Christopher D. White, Karen H. Johannesson Jan 2021

Neodymium Isotope Geochemistry Of A Subterranean Estuary, Darren A. Chevis, T. Jade Mohajerin, Ningfang Yang, Jaye E. Cable, E. Troy Rasbury, Sidney R. Hemming, David J. Burdige, Jonathan B. Martin, Christopher D. White, Karen H. Johannesson

OES Faculty Publications

Rare earth elements (REE) and Nd isotope compositions of surface and groundwaters from the Indian River Lagoon in Florida were measured to investigate the influence of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on these parameters in coastal waters. The Nd flux of the terrestrial component of SGD is around 0.7 ± 0.03 μmol Nd/day per m of shoreline across the nearshore seepage face of the subterranean estuary. This translates to a terrestrial SGD Nd flux of 4 ± 0.2 mmol/day for the entire 5,880 m long shoreline of the studied portion of the lagoon. The Nd flux from bioirrigation across the nearshore …


Salt Marsh Hydrogeology: A Review, Julia Guimond, Joseph Tamborski Jan 2021

Salt Marsh Hydrogeology: A Review, Julia Guimond, Joseph Tamborski

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Groundwater–surface water exchange in salt marsh ecosystems mediates nearshore salt, nutrient, and carbon budgets with implications for biological productivity and global climate. Despite their importance, a synthesis of salt marsh groundwater studies is lacking. In this review, we summarize drivers mediating salt marsh hydrogeology, review field and modeling techniques, and discuss patterns of exchange. New data from a Delaware seepage meter study are reported which highlight small-scale spatial variability in exchange rates. A synthesis of the salt marsh hydrogeology literature reveals a positive relationship between tidal range and submarine groundwater discharge but not porewater exchange, highlighting the multidimensional drivers of …


Using Heat To Trace Vertical Water Fluxes In Sediment Experiencing Concurrent Tidal Pumping And Groundwater Discharge, N. K. Leroux, B. L. Kurylyk, M. A. Briggs, D. J. Irvine, J. J. Tamborski, V. F. Bense Jan 2021

Using Heat To Trace Vertical Water Fluxes In Sediment Experiencing Concurrent Tidal Pumping And Groundwater Discharge, N. K. Leroux, B. L. Kurylyk, M. A. Briggs, D. J. Irvine, J. J. Tamborski, V. F. Bense

OES Faculty Publications

Heat has been widely applied to trace groundwater-surface water exchanges in inland environments, but it is infrequently applied in coastal sediment where head oscillations induce periodicity in water flux magnitude/direction and heat advection. This complicates interpretation of temperatures to estimate water fluxes. We investigate the convolution of thermal and hydraulic signals to assess the viability of using heat as a tracer in environments with tidal head oscillations superimposed on submarine groundwater discharge. We first generate sediment temperature and head time series for conditions ranging from no tide to mega-tidal using a numerical model (SUTRA) forced with periodic temperature and tidal …