Physical and geochemical coupling in a subterranean estuary

地下河口的物理和地球化学耦合

• 批准号: DP190103782
• 负责人: Dr Chenming Zhang
• 金额: $ 24.92万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2019-06-03 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP190103782
• 关键词: Physical; geochemical; coupling; subterranean; estuary

This project aims to determine and quantify key mechanisms governing chemical transport and transformation in a tidally dominated subterranean estuary. The project will be the first attempt worldwide to measure simultaneously the temporal and spatial variability of coupled physical and geochemical processes in the intertidal zone of a subterranean estuary. The project will generate much-needed understanding of the role of subterranean estuaries in controlling fluxes of land-derived chemicals to the ocean via submarine groundwater discharge. The outcomes will have important implications for assessing and minimising the impact of groundwater contamination on the coastal zone. It will provide better understanding of the pathway of land-derived nutrients and contaminants entering coastal waters, leading to improvement of strategies for sustainable coastal resources management and development, and integration of upland and lowland catchments management.

该项目旨在确定和量化的潮汐主导的地下河口的化学传输和转化的关键机制。该项目将是世界范围内首次尝试同时测量地下河口潮间带耦合物理和地球化学过程的时空变异性。该项目将使人们对地下河口在控制陆源化学品通过海底地下水排放到海洋中的作用产生迫切需要的了解。研究结果将对评估和尽量减少地下水污染对沿海地区的影响产生重要影响，并将使人们更好地了解陆源营养物质和污染物进入沿海沃茨的途径，从而改进可持续沿海资源管理和开发战略，并将高地和低地集水区管理结合起来。