Mobile underwater in situ gamma-ray spectroscopy to localize groundwater emanation from pockmarks in the Eckernförde bay, Germany
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Sampling and Identification of Microplastics in Groundwater
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Dionisis L Patiris1, Christos Tsabaris1, Mark Schmidt2
1Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, 46.7 km Athens Sounio ave., P.O. Box 712, Attiki, 19013, Greece.
Abstract:
Eckernförde Bay in the Baltic Sea is well-known for the pockmarks areas which are located in the centre and off the southern shore-line of the bay emanating groundwater in a non-continuous but episodic way. Mobile underwater in situ gamma-ray spectroscopy is exploited proving that both 214Bi and 40K are efficient radiotracers for localization of seepage areas whenever either sediment is in mixture with the emanating fluid or resuspension of surface sediment occurs as a side effect of the fluid emanation.
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