ABSTRACT: Estimated natural background levels (NBLs) are needed to assess groundwater chemical status according to the EU Groundwater Directive. They are commonly derived for different substances by applying statistical methodologies. Due to the complexity of the sea water intrusion process, some of those methods do not always provide appropriate assessment of chloride NBLs. This paper analyzes the applicabilit...
The vadose zone of a trinitrotoluene (TNT) and dinitrotoluene (DNT) contaminated site was investigated to assess the mobility of those explosives under natural conditions. Located in the left margin of the River Tejo Basin, Portugal, the site is located on unconsolidated sediments. Wastewaters associated with the 50-year explosives production were disposed in excavated ponds, from where water would infiltrate a...
ABSTRACT: The flow of terrestrial groundwater towards the sea is an important natural component of the hydrological cycle (Church, 1996). Hydrological studies have shown that land derived fresh groundwater may discharge through the sea floor through a process known as submarine groundwater discharge (SGD, Taniguchi et al., 2002). Many studies have highlighted the ubiquitous occurrence on the near-shore environm...
ABSTRACT: The flow of terrestrial groundwater towards the sea is an important natural component of the hydrological cycle (Church, 1996). Hydrological studies have shown that land derived fresh groundwater may discharge through the sea floor through a process known as submarine groundwater discharge (SGD, Taniguchi et al., 2002). Many studies have highlighted the ubiquitous occurrence on the near-shore environm...