Investigation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge for Preventing Pollution and Eutrophication of the Coastal Black Sea

Author: Nino Kapanadze
Keywords: Submarine groundwater discharge, ecological tracers, authropication, pollution
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Abstract: In order to determine the groundwater discharge (SGD) areas into the sea during studies had been implemented and selected the new methodology of using ecological tracers, such as stable isotopes 18O and 2H, radionuclide Rn and Ra and other parameters. On the territory of Kobulety had been defined the groundwater flow direction and the areas of their submarine discharge. Within the identified areas was defined the intensity of eutrofication – the value of nitrate and phosphate content in groundwaters and in the sea. Also, had been studied their distribution on the surface and intensity of outwash into the sea.