Coastal Groundwater Flow at the Nearshore and Embayment Scales: A Field and Modeling Study

被引:19
作者
Evans, Tyler B. [1 ,2 ]
White, Scott M. [1 ]
Wilson, Alicia M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ South Carolina, Sch Earth Ocean & Environm, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[2] Occidental Petr Corp, Houston, TX USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
groundwater; freshwater‐ saltwater interface; sea level rise; electrical resistivity; coastal aquifers; numerical models; ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL-SHELF; SEA-LEVEL; SEAWATER INTRUSION; NORTH-INLET; MARSH; SALT; DISCHARGE; AQUIFERS; WATER; RESPONSES;
D O I
10.1029/2019WR026445
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Knowledge of coastal groundwater flow is critical for managing coastal groundwater resources and quantifying submarine groundwater discharge (SGD), but this flow occurs over multiple scales that can be difficult to study in an integrated way. We designed a field and modeling study to investigate groundwater flow and the distribution of salinity during sea level rise in a domain that included beaches, salt marshes and the first major confined aquifer, which reached 10-15 km offshore. Numerical models were based on the flat-lying, passive margin coastline of North Inlet, SC, and were constrained by field studies including subsurface resistivity surveys and hydraulic head observations. Simulations that included tidal fluctuations showed that the salt marsh generated more than three times as much SGD as the beach and inner shelf, per unit length of coastline. Groundwater exchange between scales was small, suggesting that physical fluxes of groundwater can be considered independently at different scales. However, salinization of the first major confined aquifer occurred by downward transport from overlying aquifers rather than intrusion from the seaward end, suggesting that studies of aquifer salinization should consider multiscale flow. During simulated sea level rise, fresh-to-brackish groundwater persisted in the first confined aquifer as far as the seaward end of the overlying confining unit, 10-20 km offshore. Total fluxes of SGD decreased significantly with future sea level rise, dominated by declining SGD in the salt marsh, and portending a marked decline in the flux of nutrients and carbon to estuaries and the coastal ocean.
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