Using radium isotopes to quantify submarine groundwater discharge at different scales in the Huanghe River Estuary, China

Haowei Xu; Disong Yang; Xiaoyi Guo; Maosheng Gao; Guangquan Chen; Diansheng Ji; Shengtao Chen; Huaming Yu; Bochao Xu

doi:10.1007/s13131-023-2236-0

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Haowei Xu, Disong Yang, Xiaoyi Guo, Maosheng Gao, Guangquan Chen, Diansheng Ji, Shengtao Chen, Huaming Yu, Bochao Xu. Using radium isotopes to quantify submarine groundwater discharge at different scales in the Huanghe River Estuary, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2023, 42(8): 32-39. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2236-0

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Haowei Xu, Disong Yang, Xiaoyi Guo, Maosheng Gao, Guangquan Chen, Diansheng Ji, Shengtao Chen, Huaming Yu, Bochao Xu. Using radium isotopes to quantify submarine groundwater discharge at different scales in the Huanghe River Estuary, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2023, 42(8): 32-39. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2236-0

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Haowei Xu, Disong Yang, Xiaoyi Guo, Maosheng Gao, Guangquan Chen, Diansheng Ji, Shengtao Chen, Huaming Yu, Bochao Xu. Using radium isotopes to quantify submarine groundwater discharge at different scales in the Huanghe River Estuary, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2023, 42(8): 32-39. doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2236-0

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Using radium isotopes to quantify submarine groundwater discharge at different scales in the Huanghe River Estuary, China

doi: 10.1007/s13131-023-2236-0

Haowei Xu^{1, 2, 3},
Disong Yang^{4, 5},
Xiaoyi Guo^{1, 2},
Maosheng Gao⁶,
Guangquan Chen^{7, 8},
Diansheng Ji⁹,
Shengtao Chen^{10, 11},
Huaming Yu^{12, 13},
Bochao Xu^{1, 2
,
,}

1.
Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System/Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
2.
Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
3.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
4.
North China Sea Environmental Monitoring Center of State Oceanic Administration/Key Laboratory of Ecological Prewarning and Protection of Bohai Sea, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266033, China
5.
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Environment and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Qingdao 266033, China
6.
Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao 266071, China
7.
Key Laboratory of Marine Sedimentology and Environmental Geology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
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Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
9.
Yantai Marine Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Yantai 264003, China
10.
North China Sea Ecological Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266033, China
11.
Key Laboratory of Ecological Prewarning and Protection of Bohai Sea, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266033, China
12.
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
13.
Sanya Oceanographic Institution, Ocean University of China, Sanya 572000, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos U22A20580, 42130410, U2106203 and 41977173; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China under contract No. 202341002.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: xubc@ouc.edu.cn
Received Date: 2023-05-11
Accepted Date: 2023-07-24

Available Online: 2023-09-04

Publish Date: 2023-08-31

Abstract

Abstract

As an important land-ocean interaction process, submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is composed of multiple dynamical processes at different scales and plays an important role in the study of coastal ocean geochemical budgets. However, most of the existing studies focus on the quantification of the total groundwater discharge, few studies are about the differentiation and quantification of groundwater discharge processes at different scales (i.e., short-scale SGD and long-scale SGD). As a world-class river, the Huanghe River is highly turbid and heavily regulated by humans. These natural and anthropogenic factors have a significant impact on groundwater discharge processes in the Huanghe River Estuary (HRE). In this study, the distribution patterns of the natural geochemical tracer radium isotopes (²²⁴Ra and ²²³Ra) and other hydrological parameters in the HRE were investigated during four cruises. By solving the mass balance of ²²⁴Ra and ²²³Ra in the HRE, the long-scale SGD flux was quantified as 0.01−0.19 m/d, and the short-scale SGD flux was 0.03−0.04 m/d. The rate of short-scale SGD remained essentially constant among seasons, while the rate of long-scale SGD varied considerably at different periods and showed a synchronous trend with the variation of river discharge. The results of this study are significant for understanding the SGD dynamics in the HRE and the contribution of SGD to the ocean geochemical budgets.
- radium isotopes,
- submarine groundwater discharge,
- Huanghe River Estuary

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