Journal
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
Volume 533, Issue -, Pages 103-113Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.027
Keywords
Geochemical tracers; Submarine groundwater discharge; Radon-222; Mass balance model; Eastern coast of Laizhou Bay
Funding
- Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China [41430641]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2015CB452901]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [53200859237]
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There is increasing evidence that the inputs of nutrients to the Bohai Sea are closely related to submarine groundwater discharge (SGD). In this study, the naturally occurring isotope of radon (Rn-222) was used as a tracer to assess SGD in eastern Laizhou Bay. The Rn-222 concentration during a tidal period was measured continuously and a mass balance model that included atmospheric loss, tidal effects, mixing loss, diffusion from sediments, and SGD was established. The model budget indicated that Rn-222 flux attributed to SGD accounted for 58.3% of the total tracer input to the study area. The time-series of Rn-222 revealed that the SGD flux ranged from 6.64 to 7.21 cm d(-1), with an average of 6.93 cm d(-1), in September 2014. The estimated SGD flux is reasonable compared with those previously estimated in other studies by direct measurement methods, hydrogeological simulation and geochemical tracers. This result, as well as the current understanding of nutrients dissolved in groundwater, confirms the importance of SGD in delivering nutrients to Laizhou Bay and possible impact on marine ecological environment. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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