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- PublicationRestrictedCharacterization of submarine ground water discharge offshore of south-eastern Sicily-SGD collaboration(2006)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Povinec, P. P.; International Atomic Energy Agency, Marine Environment Laboratory, Monte Carlo MC-98000, Monaco ;Aggarwal, P.; International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Vienna, Austria ;Aureli, A.; University of Palermo, National Research Group for the Defence Against Hydrogeological Disasters, Palermo, Italy ;Burnett, W. C.; Florida State University, Department of Oceanography, Tallahassee, FL, USA ;Kontar, E. A.; P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation ;Kulkarni, K. M.; International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Vienna, Austria ;Moore, W. S.; University of South Carolina, Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia, SC, USA ;Rajar, M.; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia ;Taniguchi, M.; Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 335 Takashima, Kamigyo, Kyoto, Japan ;Comanducci, J. F.; International Atomic Energy Agency, Marine Environment Laboratory, Monte Carlo MC-98000, Monaco ;Cusimano, G.; University of Palermo, Department of Geology and Geodesy, Palermo, Italy ;Dulaiova, H.; Florida State University, Department of Oceanography, Tallahassee, FL, USA ;Gatto, L.; University of Palermo, Department of Geology and Geodesy, Palermo, Italy ;Hauser, S.; University of Palermo, Department of Chemistry and Physics of the Earth, Palermo, Italy ;Levi-Palomo, I.; International Atomic Energy Agency, Marine Environment Laboratory, Monte Carlo MC-98000, Monaco ;Ozorovich, Y. R.; Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation ;Privitera, A. M. G.; University of Palermo, National Research Group for the Defence Against Hydrogeological Disasters, Palermo, Italy ;Schiavo, M. A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; A complex approach in characterisation of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) off south-eastern Sicily comprising applications of radioactive and non-radioactive tracers, direct seepage measurements, geophysical surveys and a numerical modelling is presented. SGD fluxes in the Donnalucata boat basin were estimated by direct seepage measurements to be from 4 to 12 L s 1, which are comparable with the total SGD flux in the basin of 17 L s 1 obtained from radon measurements. The integrated SGD flux over the Donnalucata coast estimated on the basis of Ra isotopes was around 60 m3 s 1 per km of the coast. Spatial variations of SGD were observed in the Donnalucata boat basin, the average 222Rn activity concentration in seawater varied fromw0.1 kBq m 3 to 3.7 kBq m 3 showing an inverse relationship with salinity. The continuous monitoring carried out at the site closest to the coast has revealed an inverse relationship of 222Rn activity concentration on the tide. The 222Rn concentrations in seawater varied from 2.3 kBq m 3 during high tides to 4.8 kBq m 3 during low tides, thus confirming an influence of the tide on submarine groundwater discharge. Stable isotopes (d2H and d18O) showed that SGD samples consist up to 50% of groundwater. Geo-electrical measurements showed a spatial variability of the salt/ fresh water interface and its complex transformation in the coastal zone. The presented results imply that in the studied Donnalucata site there are at least two different sources of SGD, one superficial, represented by mixed fresh water and seawater, and the second one which originates in a deeper limestone aquifer.209 22