Modeling hydrologic controls on particulate organic carbon contributions to beach aquifer biogeochemical reactivity

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Kyra H. Kim

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Kyra H. Adams

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Jul 08, 2020 at 6 p.m.

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10.4211/hs.7e8f77da6bd345ed9bf74c0b7f7c911f

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The intertidal zone of beach aquifers hosts biogeochemical transformations of terrestrially-derived nutrients that are mediated by reactive organic carbon from seawater infiltration. While dissolved organic carbon is often assumed the sole reactive organic carbon component, advected and entrapped particulate organic carbon (POC) is also capable of supporting chemical reactions. Retarded advection of POC relative to groundwater flow forms pools of reactive carbon within beach sediments that support biogeochemical reactions as dissolved solutes move across them due to transient groundwater flow. In this work, we simulate the contribution of POC to beach reactions and identify parameters that control its relative contribution using a groundwater flow model (SEAWAT) and reactive transport model (PHT3D). Results show transient contributions of POC to denitrification, as the spatial extent of the saline circulation cell varies over time due to changing hydrologic factors. A decrease in POC retardation and an increase in tidal amplitude during POC deposition resulted in POC expansion, which increased the relative contributions of POC to beach reactivity. Decreased hydraulic conductivity and increased tidal amplitude post-deposition decreased the utilization of POC for denitrification by allowing the oxic, saline water to completely encompass the pool of POC. Results highlight that POC is an intermittently-utilized source of carbon that displays complex spatial relationships with groundwater flow conditions and overall beach biogeochemistry. This work demonstrates that POC may be a periodically important, but overlooked contributor to biogeochemical reactions in carbon-poor beach aquifers. This resource contains the input and output files for the base case model.

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Basecase_Hydroshare README (Newark, DE, July 8 2020) - Kyra H. Kim (kyrakim@udel.edu) This resource contains the input files for the base case model scenario presented in Kim et al., 2020, Modeling hydrologic controls on particulate organic carbon contributions to beach aquifer biogeochemical reactivity, Water Resources Research. Due to size limitations, the output file from Phase I modeling (MT3D.FLO) was not included. Details on modeling set up can be found within the manuscript. Phase I modeling was conducted using the SEAWAT code, while Phase II modeling was done using the PHT3D code. Directory is as follows: 1) PHT3D_input: input files for Phase II modeling 1-i) With_DOC_input: input files that include DOC infiltration 2) PHT3D_output: UCN output files for Phase II modeling 2-i) With_DOC_output: UCN output files for model case that includes DOC infiltration 3) SEAWAT_input: base case input files for Phase I modeling 4) SEAWAT_output: base case CNF and UCN output files for Phase I modeling, does not include .FLO file

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Kim et al., 2020, Modeling hydrologic controls on particulate organic carbon contributions to beach aquifer biogeochemical reactivity, Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027306

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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:

Agency Name	Award Title	Award Number
National Science Foundation	CAREER: Quantitative Education and Analysis toward Integrating Scales of Water Exchange between Land and Sea	EAR-1151733
National Science Foundation	HydrologicalControl of Particle Entrainment and Nitrogen Cycling in Beach Aquifer Mixing and Reaction Zones	EAR-1246554

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Kim, K. H. (2024). Modeling hydrologic controls on particulate organic carbon contributions to beach aquifer biogeochemical reactivity, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.7e8f77da6bd345ed9bf74c0b7f7c911f

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