水層と沿岸海間の水交換における季節的な振動
Holly A Michael1, Ann E Mulligan, Charles F Harvey
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Nature
|August 27, 2005
まとめ
海底地下水の排出は,海水を沿岸地域に放出する. 内陸水表の変化によって引き起こされる淡水-塩水界面の季節的な変化が,この塩水排出とそのタイミングを説明します.
科学分野:
- *沿岸水文地質学と海洋学.
- * 地化学と環境科学.
背景:
- *海底地下水排出 (SGD) は,陸地水と海水が沿岸地表水に流入する重要な経路です.
- * SGDは,栄養素,汚染物質,微量元素を沿岸の海に供給する.
- * 観測された塩水排出と地化学的トレーサーは,内陸充電サイクルとの断絶を示唆し,時間遅れを示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- *海底地下水の塩分排出を制御するメカニズムを調査する.
- *内陸の充填と沿岸の海水への塩分排出の間の観察された時間の遅れを説明するために.
- * 季節的な水学サイクルと沿岸の水源層の塩分システムとの関連性を示すために.
主な方法:
- * マサチューセッツ州ワコイト湾の水力傾斜と沖流のフィールド測定.
- * 一般的な沿岸地下水システムモデルの開発と応用.
- * 水平面の変動に反応する淡水と塩水の界面のダイナミクスの分析.
主要な成果:
- * 淡水と塩水の界面における季節的な変化が,大規模な塩水排出を説明する.
- *海水は冬の間,水層に吸い込まれ (インターフェースは陸に向かって移動する),夏には排出される (インターフェースは海に向かって移動する).
- * 塩水排出量は,季節的な内陸充電サイクルに遅れをとっている.
結論:
- *内陸の季節的な水循環は,沿岸の水層の塩分地下水システムと直接結びついている.
- * 淡水と塩水のインターフェースの動きは,季節的な塩水SGDの主要な要因です.
- * このメカニズムは,沿岸海域への化学物質の積載の季節性があることを示唆しています.
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