Relationships between diurnal variations and mean daily concentrations of hydrochemical characteristics in a sea coastal zone

Data on Amur Bay (the Sea of Japan) are used to show the existence of a dependence between the diurnal variability and the mean daily concentrations of various hydrochemical characteristics, which can be approximated by power function. The formation mechanism of such dependences is considered. Relationships between the parameters of such functions and variability of water salinity are obtained. The possible variation limits of such parameters in a coastal tidal zone of a sea, subject to the effect of coastal runoff. In the frontal mouth zone, one of the parameter (the exponent) linearly increases toward the river, thus reflecting the increase in the contribution of water dynamics to the diurnal variability of characteristics. The notion of variability of characteristics “by salinity” is introduced.     

Interrelations between secular sea level variations and subsidence of coastal areas in the North sea

Summary The effect of secular sea level variations on coastal levelling nets was considered for some parts of the North West European Lowlands levelling. On neglecting local geological influences a simplified global model was used for treating the following problems: (1) Magnitude of secular tilt effects in NWELL due to possible sea level variations; (2) Levelling errors due to sea tide loadings.     

Stability and variations in hydrochemical characteristics of Lake Glubokoe under conditions of a natural reserve

Studies in Lake Glubokoe (Ruzskii District, Moscow Province), which is slightly affected by anthropogenic load, are reported. Its current environmental state is characterized, and the stability and variability of some important hydrochemical characteristics, such as dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide content, pH, nutrient concentrations, water salinity and chemistry is estimated for a long period.     

Water regime and variations in hydrochemical characteristics of the soda Salt Lake Khilganta (Southeastern Transbaikalia)

Hydrochemical and biogeochemical processes in Lake Khilganta were studied during more than ten years. The lake was shown to pass through periods of wetting and drying. This is accompanied by considerable changes in water chemistry and microbiological processes. During the passage from a wet to a dry period, lake water mineralization increases from 40 to 260 g/l and pH decreases from 9.9 to 7.1. At the same time, the isotope composition of organic matter carbon in bottom deposits becomes lighter (from −15.6 to −30.6‰), as well as that of carbon in carbonates (from +4.1 to −8.6‰), due to the lower rate of photosynthetic processes in lake bacterial mats. The order of salt precipitation during the passage from a wet to a dry period and the mechanism of maintaining water pH are considered. A possible similarity between the modern processes in Lake Khilganta and the processes in analogous Pre-Cambrian water bodies is discussed, and the hypothesis regarding the possibility of wider development of soda water bodies at early stages of Earth’s history is considered.     

Source speciation resolving hydrochemical complexity of coastal aquifers

There is a growing concern of seawater intrusion to freshwater aquifers due to groundwater overexploitation in the eastern coastal belt of Southern India. The problem becomes complex in the regions where industrial effluents are also contaminating the freshwater aquifers. In order to understand the hydrochemical complexity of the system, topographic elevation, static water level measurements, major ion chemistry, ionic cross plots, water type contours and factor analysis were applied for 144 groundwater samples of shallow and deep sources from Quaternary and Tertiary coastal aquifers, located within the industrial zone of 25 km² area near Cuddalore, Southern India. The ionic cross plots indicates dissolution of halite minerals from marine sources and seawater mixing into inland aquifers up to the level of 9.3%. The factor analysis explains three significant factors totaling 86.3% of cumulative sample variance which includes varying contribution from marine, industrial effluent and freshwater sources.     

Investigations of the seismomagnetic effect in the geomagnetic diurnal variations

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Dynamics of the marine coastal zone of the sea near the entrance moles of the Kaliningrad Seaway Channel

The results of multidisciplinary field studies of a segment of the coastal zone (in the area near the Baltiysk Strait South-East Baltic) are presented. The natural regime of the evolution of this zone has changed under the effect of anthropogenic factor. Bed topography, bottom sediments, and shore morphology and dynamics are characterized. The effect of entrance moles has resulted in the formation of various local hydrolithodynamic conditions on both sides of these moles, including the accumulation of sedimentary material and the seaward protrusion of the coastline in the north and the permanent erosion of the shore in the south. To reduce the adverse effect of hydrodynamic processes on the coastal zone south of the moles it is proposed to use the clean material extracted during strait dredging.     

Excess protactinium in phosphate nodules from a coastal upwelling zone

Measurements of²³¹Pa/²³⁵U and²³⁰Th/²³⁴U activity ratios have been made for a suite of Quaternary age phosphate nodules from the upwelling zone off Peru and Chile. Many of these samples contain more²³¹Pa than would be predicted based on closed-system²³⁰Th/²³⁴U ages unlike samples from non-upwelling environments which have been shown to have concordant²³¹Pa and²³⁰Th ages. Peru/Chile phosphate nodules apparently pick up²³¹Pa preferentially to²³⁰Th. This is most likely a result of prior fractionation of protactinium and thorium in the open ocean. Highly productive coastal upwelling zones may be added to the growing list of localities where fractionation between thorium and protactinium isotopes has been observed in marine sediments.     

Hydrological characteristics of groundwater in a subtropical coastal plain with large variations in salinity: Pimpama,Queensland, Australia

Abstract

The Pimpama coastal plain is situated in southern Moreton Bay, in subtropical eastern Australia. The plain is low lying and tidal and is situated behind a large sand barrier island. Largely due to recent (30 years) drainage networks within the flood plain, surface water quality has declined. Groundwater hydrographs have enabled the determination of different flow systems: a deeper system responding to seasonal weather patterns and a shallower flow system more responsive to individual rainfall events. Elevated potentiometric heads in semi-confined aquifers reflect upward movement of saline to hypersaline groundwaters. However, interaction of this deeper groundwater with shallower groundwater and the surface drains is yet to be determined. Recharge to the shallower system is by direct infiltration while recharge to the deeper system includes a component from landward ranges or bedrock outcrops within the plain. Discrimination between groundwater bodies is possible using salinity, ionic ratios and stable isotopes. Features of groundwater hydrology, the distribution of salinity and variations in water chemistry all suggest that under current conditions infiltration has increased, plus there is a greater landward migration of groundwaters of marine origin.     

北部海岸带(台州以北)航磁异常特征及断裂划分

为满足中国海岸带海陆统筹调查的需求,基于最新编制的中国北部海岸带(台州以北)1:50万航磁图件,利用逐点化极、延拓、垂向导数等数据位场转化处理,结合地质背景、物性资料和已有航空物探解释成果,对研究区磁场特征进行分析,分区探讨航磁异常成因,并编制北部海岸带(台州以北)断裂分布图.结果表明,海岸带地区磁性较强的岩石广泛发育...     

Seasonal variations in internal wave energy in a Scottish sea loch

Near-continuous observations of an internal wave field were made over a period of 13 months at a location in Inchmarnock Water at the northern end of the Clyde Sea. This paper sets out to determine the seasonal form of the energy density of the internal wave field at this location based on the hypothesis that it varies smoothly throughout the year, being greater in summer than in winter. The mooring was maintained between June 1999 and July 2000 in 150-m water with seven deployments. Estimates of kinetic and potential energy density were derived from Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and vertical temperature profiles respectively. Both were shown to vary on time scales less than 1 month with median values of mean kinetic energy (KE) density0.5 J m^–3 and for mean potential energy (PE) density0.01 J m^–3. The energy of the internal wave field was found to be continuous and without a clear seasonal form. Further, it was also always non-zero with intermittent peaks of much higher energy. In the late autumn the system experienced complete vertical overturning driven by local convective processes destroying the thermocline and causing a reduction in the overall KE density.Responsible Editor: Jens KappeubergOrginally presented as a poster at PECS 2002, Hamburg Germany     

Funding in integrated coastal zone management partnerships

In countries where integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is not enshrined in statute, a voluntary approach has often been taken. This review examines issues relating to funding in ICZM partnerships, particularly the local coastal fora (LCF) network in the UK. It highlights the lack of sustainable long-term funding mechanisms for organisations with the core aim of sustainable management of coastal resources. The relative difficulty of raising funds for core costs as opposed to projects is addressed, as is the lack of business/industry involvement. The 'hamster wheel syndrome' of fundraising is noted, where staff spend too much time trying to raise money, as opposed to developing ICZM. The resultant impact on the staff and the operation of the LCF is considered. Examples beyond the UK are considered, as are the problems associated with 'pump-prime' funding and implementation. Is the lack of formality in ICZM the crux of the funding problem?     

Emerging problems in the coastal zone for the twenty-first century

The continued availability of some marine resources is threatened by the increased fluxes to the oceans of identifiable and measurable collections of pollutants, which include plant nutrients, plastics, environmental oestrogens, and organisms contained in ship-ballast waters. Characteristic of these societal discards that will guide research progress are long residence times; slow accumulation rates; increasing fluxes with time; and dissemination over large areas. The resolution of these problems will require data collections over decadal time-scales. Finally, some classical and some perceived marine pollution problems, such as those involving specific metals, can now be discontinued in the face of the absence of unacceptable impacts on living organisms.     

The role of surfactants in coastal sea pollution

An analysis of the physico-chemical aspects in the distribution of pollutants in the presence of surfactants is reported for coastal marine waters. Three different situations are considered in the interaction of surfactants with soluble components and particle dispersions. The environmental and human health risk is considered as a function of the partition phenomena at the air/water interface and of the effects of weather conditions. The MBAS/Cl⁻ ratio is suggested as an index for assessing coastal sea pollution.     

Imprints of wave climate and mean sea level variations in the dynamics of a coastal spit over the last 250 years: Cap Ferret,SW France

In coastal areas, sea level rise (SLR) and changing wave climates are expected to be the main oceanic drivers of shoreline adjustments. These drivers have been shown to vary on a wide spectrum of spatial and temporal scales. Nonetheless, a general rule about how this variability impacts global shorelines remains to be articulated. Here, we discuss the impacts of wave climate changes and SLR on the evolution of a barrier spit–inlet system over the last 250 years. The distal end of the Cap Ferret barrier spit, SW France, has undergone large-scale oscillations that were well correlated with variations of the decadal average of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index. The local wave climate hindcast supports that increased alongshore wave energy fluxes associated with the positive phase of the NAO were responsible for the updrift retreat of the spit. By opposition, the spit has elongated downdrift when waves were less energetic and more shore normal, as during the negative phase of the NAO. In addition, lower rates of SLR appeared to be necessary for the spit to develop, as higher rates of SLR very likely forced the adjacent inlet to enlarge, at the expense of the spit. These results should help to predict and detect coastal adjustments driven by climate change and by climate variability. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Locating the zone of saline intrusion in a coastal karst aquifer using springflow data

Coastal fresh water aquifers are an increasingly desirable resource. In a karstic aquifer, sea water intrusion occurs as a salt water wedge, like in porous media. However, preferential flow conduits may alter the spatial and temporal distribution of the salt water. This is typically the case when the outlet of the aquifer is a brackish spring. This paper shows that salinity and flow rate variations at a spring, where salinity is inversely proportional to discharge, can help to understand the hydrodynamic functioning of the aquifer and to locate the fresh water-sea water mixing zone deep inside the aquifer. The volume of water-filled conduit between the sea water intrusion zone and the spring outlet is calculated by the integral over time of the flow rate during the time lag between the flow rate increase and the salinity decrease as measured at the spring. In the example of the spring at Almyros of Heraklio (Crete, Greece), this time lag is variable, depending on the discharge, but the volume of water-filled conduit appears to be constant, which shows that the processes of salt water intrusion and mixing in the conduit are constant throughout the year. The distance between the spring and the zone where sea water enters the conduit is estimated and provides an indication of the position where only fresh water is present in the conduit.