Groundwater floating over seawater (IMAGE)
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As cool, brackish groundwater discharges into the ocean it floats buoyantly on the surface, providing nutrient rich water that sustains primary productivity in coastal ecosystems. The floating groundwater plume is seen here as the clear layer of about 1 m in thickness underlain by murky ocean water.
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Joseph Kennedy
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