Submarine Groundwater Discharge into the ocean off Mangueira Lagoon via 222 Rn and Ra isotopes: Preliminary findings and perspectives Isaac R. Santos; William Burnett Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Felipe Niencheski; Karina Attisano; Carlos Andrade; Idel Milani Department of Chemistry, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil Southwestern Atlantic Ocean Margin Workshop Montevideo, Uruguay 16-22 November 2008
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Submarine Groundwater Discharge into the ocean off Mangueira Lagoon via 222Rn and Ra isotopes:
Preliminary findings and perspectives
Isaac R. Santos; William BurnettDepartment of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Felipe Niencheski; Karina Attisano; Carlos Andrade; Idel MilaniDepartment of Chemistry, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean Margin WorkshopMontevideo, Uruguay16-22 November 2008
Outline
1) Area background
2) Tracing SGD via 222Rn and radium isotopes
3) Is the La Plata River Paleocanal a preferential SGD pathway?
Patos
Mangueira
Mirim
Brazil- SGD Fe inputs ~10% of atmospheric Fe inputs into the entire South Atlantic (Windom et al., 2006)
Higher SGD than North of Patos Lagoon?
-Mangueira Lagoon level is higher than Patos Lagoon level-Lagoon closer to the ocean-Sediments more permeable (shell deposits)
Sandy coastal plain
Former lagoon bed deposits may act as confining units
Alongshore distribution of silicate (10 m depth)
- Patos Lagoon and La Plata River are the obvious nutrient sources
- No N-S trends suggest an additional source – Widespread, diffuse SGD?
Silicate in M data from Attisano, Niencheski, et al., 2008
222Rn as a SGD tracer
Platform with a continuous Rn monitor system
Push-point piezometer for groundwater sampling
Non-steady state box model
Assume wave action was constant during deployment
Concheiros Hermenegildo
222Rn time series
-Background 226Ra: ~70 dpm/m3
-Excess radon in spite of breaking waves
-Modeled SGD rates 2.22.4 cm/day
Radium alongshore sampling
Radium along-shore transect
-Fresher seawater in the winter
-No seasonal radium changes
- Some enriched 223Ra and 224Ra samples in the south
- Are the shell deposits a preferential flow path?
Concentrations in dpm/100L
Seawater residence time (t) :
gwRat 224ex
224 DepthRaSGD
Advection rates:
Modeling SGD from radium isotopes
223224
223
224
223
224
1*ln t
obs
i
Ra
Ra
Ra
Ra
Radium in beach groundwater
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Salinity
Ra
-22
4ex
(d
pm
/10
0L
)
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Salinity
Ra
-22
3 (
dp
m/1
00
L)
Beach groundwaterSurf zoneOffshore transect
C*gw
Estimated SGD inputs (cm/day)
Overall averages: 3.1 cm/dayArea: 220 km long; 10 km wide
Total SGD into the area: ~800 m3/s
Patos Lagoon Flux: ~2400 m3/s
Is SGD a new source of nutrients (fresh SGD) or purely a recycling mechanism (saline SGD)?