Patterns of groundwater salinity changes in a deep continental-oceanic transect off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the U.S.A.
Journal of Hydrology
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Abstract
Investigations of formation-fluid salinities in a transect from western Georgia to the edge of the Blake Plateau off the coast of Georgia show surprisingly similar hydrochemical features offshore and onshore. A fresh-brackish wedge of groundwater (<25 g/kg total dissolved solids) lies beneath the shelf to a depth of ∼ 900 m. On land, brackish waters extend to a maximum depth of ∼ 1.2 km below sea level in Lowndes County, Georgia. In deeper horizons, hypersaline brines (> 100 g/kg) occur in Lower Cretaceous (?) strata. These strata have a pronounced evaporitic (anhydritic) character in the offshore segment. Strong salinity gradients in interstitial waters signify buried evaporite deposits at drill sites beneath the Blake Plateau.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Patterns of groundwater salinity changes in a deep continental-oceanic transect off the southeastern Atlantic coast of the U.S.A. |
| Series title | Journal of Hydrology |
| DOI | 10.1016/0022-1694(81)90154-2 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1-3 |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 11 p. |
| First page | 95 |
| Last page | 105 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida, Georgia, South Carolina |
| Other Geospatial | southeastern Atlantic coast of the U.S.A. |