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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS016 Poster presentation 2351<br />

Development of a new method of geophysical survey of saltwaterfreshwater<br />

interface in the coastal zone<br />

Prof. Evgeny Kontar<br />

Experimental Methods Lab P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology IAPSO<br />

Yuriy Ozorovich<br />

We report here some results of development of new method of geophysic survey of saltwaterfreshwater<br />

interface in the coastal zone and mathematical analysis of the 3-D structure of the geoelectrical<br />

data obtained near the boat basin in Donnalucata in the province of Ragusa along the<br />

southeastern coast of Sicily, Italy. This geophysical survey and geo-mapping spatial distribution of the<br />

saltwater-freshwater interface in the coastal zone were conducted during the IAEA submarine<br />

groundwater discharge (SGD) experiment in Sicily. We have been using the MARSES TEM sounding<br />

instrument, which has been developed at the Russian Academy of Sciences, based on time-domain<br />

electromagnetic sounding technology. Using TEM technology it is possible to conduct a subsurface<br />

sounding to a depth of up to 300 m. Our study have shown the presence of two layers with various<br />

mineralization of subsurface waters in the coastal zone of Donnalucata. The geo-electrical data have<br />

been taken for two subsurface zones with different type of subsurface water: resistivity = 5.37 Om-m<br />

and with mineralization of the groundwater on the order of 2000-2500 mg/L (basic water-sated horizon<br />

from 5 meters up to 15 meters in depth), and a second zone (depths from 50 meters up to 70 meters)<br />

with resistivity = 3.32 Om-m and mineralization of groundwater on the order of 4500 - 5000 mg/L. The<br />

analysis of the geophysical data have show the reason for the increase maximum SGD in the domain of<br />

measurements as revealed according to the results obtained by some other methods and different tools<br />

used in the offshore zone in the channel between two piers of the boat basin. This maximum discharge<br />

reflects the specific geological structure in the display of karstic groundwater phenomena of the coastal<br />

zone of Donnalucata, and provide a conceptual framework for understanding the effects of SGD<br />

processes in the coastal zone.<br />

Keywords: submarine groundwater, coastal zone, underwater observatories

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