Observations of presumable groundwater seepage occurrence in Puck Bay (the Baltic Sea)
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O artykule
Data publikacji: 05 cze 2015
Zakres stron: 267 - 272
Otrzymano: 10 gru 2014
Przyjęty: 17 lut 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2015-0025
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We report the results of recent field measurements of seawater thermohaline structure and transparency carried out in early summer 2014 in Puck Bay. Near-bottom, less saline waters occurred almost in the entire study area. Their occurrence in the shallow part of Puck Bay was accompanied by an increase in the seawater transparency. The most likely explanation of these observations is a submarine fresh groundwater discharge.