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Groundwater hydrology

Coastal flow

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How groundwater flow varies when long-term external conditions change is little documented. Geochemical evidence shows that sea-level rise at the end of the last glacial period led to a shift in the flow patterns of coastal groundwater beneath Florida.

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Figure 1: Groundwater in the Floridan aquifer system.

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