Submarine Groundwater and Vent Discharge in a Volcanic Area Associated With Coastal Acidification

• Main Authors: Cardenas, M. Bayani, RODOLFO, RAYMOND, Lapus, Mark R, Cabria, Hillel B, Fullon, Jose, Gojunco, Gordos R, Breecker, Daniel O, Cantarero, Danica M, Evaristo, Jaivime, Siringan, Fernando P, Zhang, Tongwei
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Submarine Groundwater Discharge; Hydrothermal Springs; Carbon Dioxide; Ocean Acidification; Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/es-faculty-pubs/66; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019GL085730
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We investigated submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in a volcanic coastal area that hosts the world's most biodiverse reefs. Measurements of 222Rn activity in coastal seawater, a tracer for groundwater, indicated prevalent SGD. In areas where seawater 222Rn activity was generally higher, we d...