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Marine contamination of groundwater may be caused by seawater intrusion and by salt spray. The role of both processes was studied in the Cyclades archipelago on four small islands (45–195 km2) whose aquifers consist essentially of fractured, weathered metamorphic rocks. Annual rainfall ranges from 400 to 650 mm and precipitation has high total dissolved solids contents of 45–223 mg l–1. The chemical characteristics of the groundwater, whose salinity is from 0.4 to 22 g l–1, are strongly influenced by seawater intrusion. However, the effect of atmospheric input is shown in certain water sampling locations on high ground elevation where the dissolved chloride contents may attain 200 mg l–1.
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Received: 14 November 1995 · Accepted: 9 September 1996
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Dazy, J., Drogue, C., Charmanidis, P. et al. The influence of marine inflows on the chemical composition of groundwater in small islands: the example of the Cyclades (Greece). Environmental Geology 31, 133–141 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050172
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050172