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Groundwater and pore water inputs to the coastal zone

Biogeochemistry volume 66, pages 3–33 (2003)Cite this article

Abstract

Both terrestrial and marine forces drive underground fluid flows in the coastal zone. Hydraulic gradients on land result in groundwater seepage near shore and may contribute to flows further out on the shelf from confined aquifers. Marine processes such as tidal pumping and current-induced pressure gradients may induce interfacial fluid flow anywhere on the shelf where permeable sediments are present. The terrestrial and oceanic forces overlap spatially so measured fluid advection through coastal sediments may be a result of composite forcing. We thus define “submarine groundwater discharge” (SGD) as any and all flow of water on continental margins from the seabed to the coastal ocean, regardless of fluid composition or driving force. SGD is typically characterized by low specific flow rates that make detection and quantification difficult. However, because such flows occur over very large areas, the total flux is significant. Discharging fluids, whether derived from land or composed of re-circulated seawater, will react with sediment components. These reactions may increase substantially the concentrations of nutrients, carbon, and metals in the fluids. These fluids are thus a source of biogeochemically important constituents to the coastal ocean. Terrestrially-derived fluids represent a pathway for new material fluxes to the coastal zone. This may result in diffuse pollution in areas where contaminated groundwaters occur. This paper presents an historical context of SGD studies, defines the process in a form that is consistent with our current understanding of the driving forces as well as our assessment techniques, and reviews the estimated global fluxes and biogeochemical implications. We conclude that to fully characterize marine geochemical budgets, one must give due consideration to SGD. New methodologies, technologies, and modeling approaches are required to discriminate among the various forces that drive SGD and to evaluate these fluxes more precisely.

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  1. Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306, USA

    William C. Burnett

  2. Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, 11794-5000, USA

    Henry Bokuniewicz

  3. Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, Bremen, D-28359, Germany

    Markus Huettel

  4. Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 29208, USA

    Willard S. Moore

  5. Department of Earth Sciences, Nara University of Education, Nara, 630-8528, Japan

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Burnett, W.C., Bokuniewicz, H., Huettel, M. et al. Groundwater and pore water inputs to the coastal zone. Biogeochemistry 66, 3–33 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIOG.0000006066.21240.53

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  • Biogeochemistry
  • Coastal zone
  • Fluxes
  • Hydrology
  • Submarine groundwater discharge