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Mapping groundwater discharge to a coastal lagoon using combined spatial airborne thermal imaging, radon (Rn-222) and multiple physicochemical variables
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Coluccio, K. (author)
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- Santos, Isaac R. (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för marina vetenskaper,Department of marine sciences
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Jeffrey, L. C. (author)
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Katurji, M. (author)
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Coluccio, S. (author)
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Morgan, L. K. (author)
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- 2020-09-14
- 2020
- English.
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In: Hydrological Processes. - : Wiley. - 0885-6087 .- 1099-1085.
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Abstract
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- Coastal lagoons are significant wetland environments found on coastlines throughout the world. Groundwater seepage may be a key component of lagoon water balances, though only a few studies have investigated large (>100 km(2)) coastal lagoons. In this study, we combined airborne thermal infrared imagery with continuous measurements of radon (Rn-222-a natural groundwater tracer), conductivity, water temperature and dissolved oxygen to map groundwater seepage to a large coastal lagoon in New Zealand. We found evidence of seepage along the margins of the lagoon but not away from the margins. Our findings confirmed previously known seepage zones and identified new potential locations of groundwater inflow. Both point source and diffuse seepage occurred on the western and northwestern margins of the lagoon and parallel to the barrier between the lagoon and sea. These observations imply geologic controls on seepage. The combination of remote sensing and in-situ radon measurements allowed us to effectively map groundwater discharge areas across the entire lagoon. Combined, broad-scale qualitative methods built confidence in our interpretation of groundwater discharge locations in a large, dynamic coastal lagoon.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- airborne thermal imaging
- coastal hydrology
- groundwater
- groundwater
- discharge to lagoons
- groundwater-surface water interaction
- lagoon
- radon
- spatial distribution of groundwater discharge
- sediment-water interface
- radium isotopes
- continuous monitor
- nutrient
- inputs
- seepage
- temperature
- salinity
- recirculation
- contamination
- dependence
- Water Resources
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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