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Discovery and characterization of submarine groundwater discharge in the Siberian Arctic seas: a case study in the Buor-Khaya Gulf, Laptev Sea
Alexander N. Charkin
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                                            Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), Far Eastern Branch of
Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences (FEBRAS),
Vladivostok, Russia
                                        
                                    
                                            Department of Geology and Minerals Prospecting, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic
University, Tomsk,
Russia
                                        
                                    Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff
                                            Department of Geochemistry, Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and
Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
                                        
                                    Natalia E. Shakhova
                                            Department of Geology and Minerals Prospecting, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic
University, Tomsk,
Russia
                                        
                                    
                                            International Arctic Research Center (IARC), University of
Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
                                        
                                    Örjan Gustafsson
                                            Dept. of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, and
the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University,
Stockholm, Sweden
                                        
                                    Oleg V. Dudarev
                                            Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), Far Eastern Branch of
Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences (FEBRAS),
Vladivostok, Russia
                                        
                                    
                                            Department of Geology and Minerals Prospecting, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic
University, Tomsk,
Russia
                                        
                                    Maxim S. Cherepnev
                                            Department of Geology and Minerals Prospecting, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic
University, Tomsk,
Russia
                                        
                                    Anatoly N. Salyuk
                                            Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), Far Eastern Branch of
Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences (FEBRAS),
Vladivostok, Russia
                                        
                                    Andrey V. Koshurnikov
                                            Department of Geocryology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
                                        
                                    Eduard A. Spivak
                                            Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), Far Eastern Branch of
Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences (FEBRAS),
Vladivostok, Russia
                                        
                                    Alexey Y. Gunar
                                            Department of Geocryology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
                                        
                                    Alexey S. Ruban
                                            Department of Geology and Minerals Prospecting, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic
University, Tomsk,
Russia
                                        
                                    Igor P. Semiletov
                                            Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), Far Eastern Branch of
Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences (FEBRAS),
Vladivostok, Russia
                                        
                                    
                                            Department of Geology and Minerals Prospecting, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic
University, Tomsk,
Russia
                                        
                                    
                                            International Arctic Research Center (IARC), University of
Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
                                        
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Short summary
            This study tests the hypothesis that SGD exists in the Siberian Arctic shelf seas, but its dynamics may be largely controlled by complicated geocryological conditions such as permafrost. The permafrost cements rocks, forms a confining bed, and as a result makes it difficult for the groundwater escape to the shelf surface. However, the discovery of subterranean outcrops of groundwater springs in the Buor-Khaya Gulf are clear evidence that a groundwater flow system exists in the environment.
            This study tests the hypothesis that SGD exists in the Siberian Arctic shelf seas, but its...
            
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