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Main Authors: Jenner, Anna-Kathrina, Saban, Rhodelyn, Ehlert von Ahn, Cátia M, Roeser, Patricia, Schmiedinger, Iris, Sültenfuß, Jürgen, Reckhardt, Anja, Böttcher, Michael Ernst
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Published: Isotopes in environmental and health studies 2025
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39527094/
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author Jenner, Anna-Kathrina
Saban, Rhodelyn
Ehlert von Ahn, Cátia M
Roeser, Patricia
Schmiedinger, Iris
Sültenfuß, Jürgen
Reckhardt, Anja
Böttcher, Michael Ernst
author_facet Jenner, Anna-Kathrina
Saban, Rhodelyn
Ehlert von Ahn, Cátia M
Roeser, Patricia
Schmiedinger, Iris
Sültenfuß, Jürgen
Reckhardt, Anja
Böttcher, Michael Ernst
Jenner, Anna-Kathrina
Saban, Rhodelyn
Ehlert von Ahn, Cátia M
Roeser, Patricia
Schmiedinger, Iris
Sültenfuß, Jürgen
Reckhardt, Anja
Böttcher, Michael Ernst
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Different continuous freshwater contributions to submarine groundwater discharge at a coastal peatland, southern Baltic Sea. Jenner, Anna-Kathrina Saban, Rhodelyn Ehlert von Ahn, Cátia M Roeser, Patricia Schmiedinger, Iris Sültenfuß, Jürgen Reckhardt, Anja Böttcher, Michael Ernst Groundwater Environmental Monitoring Fresh Water Seawater Deuterium Oxygen Isotopes Geologic Sediments Water Movements Estuaries Salinity The impact of freshwater sources like surface river runoff and submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on coastal waters is currently in focus of intense debate and investigation. One of the ongoing challenges in SGD research is the characterization and quantification of the freshwater endmember contributions to the subsurface mixing zone and their influences on element balance and biogeochemical transformations. Long-term investigations of the sediment porewater composition provide characterization and understanding of the physical, hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling the substance exchanges. In this study, we focus on the hydrochemical and stable isotope (H, O) compositions of sediment porewaters along the coastline of a southern Baltic Sea peatland. Coastal surface water and groundwater dynamics were monitored at two coastal sites using 5-m-long stationary lances over a 5-year period.The vertical compositional gradients were used to extrapolate to zero-salinity (ZS) components applying a binary mixing model on the salinity and water isotope composition. The results characterize a subterranean estuary (STE) with three potential mixing endmembers: two fresh groundwaters and the brackish Baltic Sea. Tritium-helium (H-He) porewater dating gave ages of more than about 20 years for the freshwater components. The ZS components were compared with other SGD sites along the southern Baltic Sea and North Sea and highlight the importance of local SGD studies for a proper groundwater endmember characterization as basis to understand hydrological and biogeochemical developments at the land-ocean continuum in times of current climate change.
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spellingShingle Different continuous freshwater contributions to submarine groundwater discharge at a coastal peatland, southern Baltic Sea.
Jenner, Anna-Kathrina
Saban, Rhodelyn
Ehlert von Ahn, Cátia M
Roeser, Patricia
Schmiedinger, Iris
Sültenfuß, Jürgen
Reckhardt, Anja
Böttcher, Michael Ernst
Groundwater
Environmental Monitoring
Fresh Water
Seawater
Deuterium
Oxygen Isotopes
Geologic Sediments
Water Movements
Estuaries
Salinity
Different continuous freshwater contributions to submarine groundwater discharge at a coastal peatland, southern Baltic Sea. Jenner, Anna-Kathrina Saban, Rhodelyn Ehlert von Ahn, Cátia M Roeser, Patricia Schmiedinger, Iris Sültenfuß, Jürgen Reckhardt, Anja Böttcher, Michael Ernst Groundwater Environmental Monitoring Fresh Water Seawater Deuterium Oxygen Isotopes Geologic Sediments Water Movements Estuaries Salinity The impact of freshwater sources like surface river runoff and submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on coastal waters is currently in focus of intense debate and investigation. One of the ongoing challenges in SGD research is the characterization and quantification of the freshwater endmember contributions to the subsurface mixing zone and their influences on element balance and biogeochemical transformations. Long-term investigations of the sediment porewater composition provide characterization and understanding of the physical, hydrological and biogeochemical processes controlling the substance exchanges. In this study, we focus on the hydrochemical and stable isotope (H, O) compositions of sediment porewaters along the coastline of a southern Baltic Sea peatland. Coastal surface water and groundwater dynamics were monitored at two coastal sites using 5-m-long stationary lances over a 5-year period.The vertical compositional gradients were used to extrapolate to zero-salinity (ZS) components applying a binary mixing model on the salinity and water isotope composition. The results characterize a subterranean estuary (STE) with three potential mixing endmembers: two fresh groundwaters and the brackish Baltic Sea. Tritium-helium (H-He) porewater dating gave ages of more than about 20 years for the freshwater components. The ZS components were compared with other SGD sites along the southern Baltic Sea and North Sea and highlight the importance of local SGD studies for a proper groundwater endmember characterization as basis to understand hydrological and biogeochemical developments at the land-ocean continuum in times of current climate change.
title Different continuous freshwater contributions to submarine groundwater discharge at a coastal peatland, southern Baltic Sea.
topic Groundwater
Environmental Monitoring
Fresh Water
Seawater
Deuterium
Oxygen Isotopes
Geologic Sediments
Water Movements
Estuaries
Salinity
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39527094/