Application of Remote Sensing for Detection of Possible Leakage of the Upper Floridan Aquifer Along the Coast of Georgia
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Kresic, Neven
Smith, Martin
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
number of hydrogeologic and groundwater
modeling studies have addressed problems of saltwater intrusion
into the Upper Floridan aquifer along the coast of Georgia and
more are being proposed for the near future by state and federal
agencies. Some of the crucial questions that still await answers
are the exact position of the seawater-fresh water interface off
the coast, and the nature of natural discharge from the Floridan
aquifer. There are suggestions that the historical (and current)
discharge zone of the Floridan is along its outcrop at the
Continental Slope. A possibility of upward leakage through the
overlying sediments at the Continental Shelf has been suggested
as well One of the inexpensive methods that may prove useful
in finding answers is offshore remote sensing which could detect
physical disturbances at the ocean surface caused by
groundwater discharge along the shallow ocean floor.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date
1997-03
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