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Groundwater Chemistry Change due to Tidal Fluctuations in the Stonehouse Brewery Well, Plymouth, England
Author(s) -
Roxburgh I. S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr021i004p00616
Subject(s) - groundwater , nitrate , hydrology (agriculture) , potassium , hydraulic conductivity , salinity , environmental science , sodium , water level , geology , water well , mineralogy , environmental chemistry , oceanography , soil science , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , soil water , geography , organic chemistry , cartography
The Stonehouse Brewery Well is sunk 24 m into the well‐cemented, fissure‐dominated Plymouth Limestone. Groundwater within the well can be shown to be in hydraulic continuity with the marine waters of Plymouth Sound. Groundwater was discharged from the well for 28 hours at approximately 13,500 L/h and samples taken hourly were subsequently analyzed for p H, conductivity, magnesium, potassium, sodium, chloride, calcium, and nitrate. The results of these analyses are reported and briefly discussed in particular the apparent tidally influenced cyclicity of certain data sets and the apparent influence of the upcoming of saline water beneath the pumped well upon the chemistry of the discharged well water.