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A State-Of-The-Art Perspective on the Characterization of Subterranean Estuaries at the Regional Scale
Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol.9, pp.1-26
14/05/2021
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Abstract
Subterranean estuaries the, subsurface mixing zones of terrestrial groundwater and seawater, substantially influence solute fluxes to the oceans. Solutes brought by groundwater from land and solutes brought from the sea can undergo biogeochemical reactions. These are often mediated by microbes and controlled by reactions with coastal sediments, and determine the composition of fluids discharging from STEs (i.e., submarine groundwater discharge), which may have consequences showing in coastal ecosystems. While at the local scale (meters), processes have been intensively studied, the impact of subterranean estuary processes on solute fluxes to the coastal ocean remains poorly constrained at the regional scale (kilometers). In the present communication, we review the processes that occur in STEs, focusing mainly on fluid flow and biogeochemical transformations of nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon, sulfur and trace metals. We highlight the spatio-temporal dynamics and measurable manifestations of those processes. The objective of this contribution is to provide a perspective on how tracer studies, geophysical methods, remote sensing and hydrogeological modeling could exploit such manifestations to estimate the regional-scale impact of processes in STEs on solute fluxes to the coastal ocean.
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- Title
- A State-Of-The-Art Perspective on the Characterization of Subterranean Estuaries at the Regional Scale
- Creators
- Nils Moosdorf - Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine ResearchMichael Ernst Böttcher - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea ResearchDini Adyasari - Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine ResearchErcan Erkul - Kiel UniversityBenjamin S Gilfedder - University of BayreuthJanek Greskowiak - University of OldenburgAnna-Kathrina Jenner - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea ResearchLech Kotwicki - Polish Academy of SciencesGudrun Massmann - University of OldenburgMike Müller-Petke - Leibniz Institute for Applied GeophysicsTill Oehler - Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine ResearchVincent Post - Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural ResourcesRalf Prien - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea ResearchJan Scholten - Kiel UniversityBernhard Siemon - Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural ResourcesCátia Milene Ehlert von Ahn - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea ResearchMarc Walther - Dresden University of TechnologyHannelore Waska - University of OldenburgTina Wunderlich - Kiel UniversityUlf Mallast - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol.9, pp.1-26
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Grant note
- This publication is a result of the DFG supported KiSNet project (MA7041/6-1). MEB and AKJ wish to thank DFG for financial support during research training group BALTIC TRANSCOAST (GRK 2000) and MEB and CvA the DAAD for a Ph.D. stipend for a stay of CvA at IOW. This is BALTIC TRANSCOAST publication No. GRK 2000/0045. HW was funded by the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (MWK) in the scope of project “BIME” (ZN3184). JS acknowledges the support through the SEAMOUNT BONUS project (art. 185), which is funded jointly by the EU and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF, Grant Nos. 03F0771B).
- Identifiers
- 991012985598502368
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2021 Moosdorf, Böttcher, Adyasari, Erkul, Gilfedder, Greskowiak, Jenner, Kotwicki, Massmann, Müller-Petke, Oehler, Post, Prien, Scholten, Siemon, Ehlert von Ahn, Walther, Waska, Wunderlich and Mallast. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Academic Unit
- School of Environment, Science and Engineering; Science; Southern Cross GeoScience; Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article