How groundwater flow varies when long-term external conditions change is little documented. Geochemical evidence shows that sea-level rise at the end of the last glacial period led to a shift in the flow patterns of coastal groundwater beneath Florida.
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Sanford, W. Coastal flow. Nature Geosci 3, 671–672 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo958
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