Effects of Gravity Waves on Turbulence and Processes that Contribute to Mixing at a Submarine Groundwater Discharge

Abstract

ABSTRACT Gallegos, G.; Marino-Tapia, I., and Valle-Levinson, A., 2016. Effects of gravity waves on turbulence and processes that contribute to mixing at a submarine groundwater discharge. In: Vila-Concejo, A.; Bruce, E.; Kennedy, D.M., and McCarroll, R.J. (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Coastal Symposium (Sydney, Australia). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue, No. 75, pp. 856–860. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. Submarine ground water discharges (SGD) around the coasts of the Yucatan Peninsula are very common due to the karstic origin of the rocks, and the abundant rain. These discharges of brackish water into the coastal sea are strong enough to alter the thermohaline conditions, they can be preferential routes for salt intrusion, and also represent an important input of nutrients and pollutants. The mixing on these SGDs is a spontaneous and turbulent process, and its study is important for the understanding of dispersion of materials in regions influenced by these features...