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Origins and distribution of saline ground waters in the Floridan Aquifer in coastal southwest Florida

Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4052
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri824052

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Abstract

Twenty-three ground-water samples from the Floridan aquifer in coastal southwest Florida show that water quality deteriorates to the south and west. The waters grade from a fresh calcium magnesium bicarbonate sulfate type to a very saline sodium magnesium chloride type downgradient. Bromide-chloride and specific conductance ratios indicate that dilution of marine-like ground water is a signigicant mechanism in the evolution of the different water types found. Calcium, magnesium , and bicarbonate concentrations occur within a relatively narrow range and are primarily a function of mineral equilibria. Magnesium and strontium concentration distributions suggest several mineral-water interactions, including aragonite inversion, incongruent solution of magnesium calcite to a lower magnesian form, and dedolomitization. Sulfate concentrations increase downgradient and evince gypsum-anhydrite solution, particularly in the fresher waters. The extent to which each factor affects dissolved specie concentrations is a function of the location of the water in the flow system. (USGS)

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Steinkampf, W., 1982, Origins and distribution of saline ground waters in the Floridan Aquifer in coastal southwest Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4052, iv, 38 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri824052.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Origins and distribution of saline ground waters in the Floridan Aquifer in coastal southwest Florida
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 82-4052
DOI 10.3133/wri824052
Year Published 1982
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iv, 38 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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