The saline groundwater legacy of a large buried coastal paleo-estuary.

Burke J Minsley, Holly A Michael, Maxwell A Lindaman, Lyndsay B Ball, Stephanie R James, J R Rigby, Wade H Kress, Frank T-C Tsai, Bennett E Hoogenboom

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Burke J MinsleyGeology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA. bminsley@usgs.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1689-1306

Holly A MichaelDepartment of Earth Sciences, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-7698

Maxwell A LindamanLower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1786-1272

Lyndsay B BallGeology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA.

Stephanie R JamesGeology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5715-253X

J R RigbyLower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Oxford, MS, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-6307

Wade H KressLower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Nashville, TN, USA.

Frank T-C TsaiDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8005-5575

Bennett E HoogenboomGeology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA.

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Abstract

Elevated groundwater salinity in coastal regions threatens the beneficial use of fresh groundwater. Coastal groundwater management typically focuses on preventing intrusion from modern sources of seawater; however, past geological processes can also leave a legacy of saline groundwater now hidden in the subsurface. Here, multiple extensive airborne electromagnetic surveys provide detailed evidence of residual salinity from a paleo-estuary filling a late Pleistocene incised valley impacting more than 10,000 km

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PMID42649172

DOI10.1038/s41467-026-76005-5

PMCPMC13518967

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