Offshore fresh groundwater reserves as a global phenomenon | Zendy

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Offshore fresh groundwater reserves as a global phenomenon

Author(s) -

Vincent Post,

J. Groen,

H. Kooi,

Mark Person,

Shemin Ge,

W.M. Edmunds

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

nature

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 15.993

H-Index - 1226

eISSN - 1476-4687

pISSN - 0028-0836

DOI - 10.1038/nature12858

Subject(s) - brackish water , groundwater , submarine pipeline , geology , earth science , oceanography , water cycle , scope (computer science) , groundwater flow , environmental science , salinity , aquifer , ecology , geotechnical engineering , computer science , biology , programming language

The flow of terrestrial groundwater to the sea is an important natural component of the hydrological cycle. This process, however, does not explain the large volumes of low-salinity groundwater that are found below continental shelves. There is mounting evidence for the global occurrence of offshore fresh and brackish groundwater reserves. The potential use of these non-renewable reserves as a freshwater resource provides a clear incentive for future research. But the scope for continental shelf hydrogeology is broader and we envisage that it can contribute to the advancement of other scientific disciplines, in particular sedimentology and marine geochemistry.

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