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A Finishing Thought
The studies highlighted here illustrate the methods that groundwater hydrologists
use to investigate saltwater intrusion in various environments and systems. There
are many more techniques (e.g., geochemical, geophysical etc.) that scientists may
apply in answer specific research questions concerning saltwater intrusion. Bears
might not care about saltwater intrusion, but as coastal populations continue to
grow, and as sea level continues to rise, saltwater intrusion problems will continue
to be of major interest to humans for the foreseeable future. Understanding the drivers, mechanisms, and techniques for assessing saltwater intrusion will help in the
development of appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies to address the water
resource problems that may arise.
Acknowledgements The following are thanked for providing resources, assistance, and access
that enabled the research described in this article: Woody Webster (Reserve manager of the Emily
and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve), the staff, students and faculty in Department
of Geological Sciences at East Carolina University, and the North Carolina Clean Water
Management Trust Fund.
If You Would Like More Information
Barlow P (2003) Ground water in freshwater-saltwater environments of the Atlantic Coast United
States Geological Survey circular: 1262. USGS, Reston
Manda AK, Sisco MS, Mallinson DJ, Griffin MT (2015) Relative role and extent of marine and
groundwater inundation on a dune-dominated barrier island under sea-level rise scenarios.
Hydrol Process 29:1894–1904
Manda AK, Reyes E, Pitt J (2018) In situ measurements of wind-driven salt fluxes through constructed channels in a coastal wetland ecosystem. Hydrol Process 32:636–643
Manda AK, Giuliano AS, Allen T (2014) Influence of artificial channels on the source and extent of
saline water intrusion in the wind-tide dominated wetlands of the southern Albemarle Estuarine
System, (USA). Environ Earth Sci J 71:4409–4419
Masterson JP (2004) Simulated interaction between freshwater and saltwater and effects of
ground-water pumping and sea-level change, Lower Cape cod aquifer system, Massachusetts.
United States Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004–5014. U.S. Geological
Survey, Cape Cod
Mulligan A, Evans R, Lizarralde D (2007) The role of paleochannels in groundwater/seawater
exchange. J Hydrogeol 335:313–329
8 A Tale of Two Hydrogeology Problems in Coastal North Carolina
A Finishing Thought
The studies highlighted here illustrate the methods that groundwater hydrologists
use to investigate saltwater intrusion in various environments and systems. There
are many more techniques (e.g., geochemical, geophysical etc.) that scientists may
apply in answer specific research questions concerning saltwater intrusion. Bears
might not care about saltwater intrusion, but as coastal populations continue to
grow, and as sea level continues to rise, saltwater intrusion problems will continue
to be of major interest to humans for the foreseeable future. Understanding the drivers, mechanisms, and techniques for assessing saltwater intrusion will help in the
development of appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies to address the water
resource problems that may arise.
Acknowledgements The following are thanked for providing resources, assistance, and access
that enabled the research described in this article: Woody Webster (Reserve manager of the Emily
and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve), the staff, students and faculty in Department
of Geological Sciences at East Carolina University, and the North Carolina Clean Water
Management Trust Fund.
If You Would Like More Information
Barlow P (2003) Ground water in freshwater-saltwater environments of the Atlantic Coast United
States Geological Survey circular: 1262. USGS, Reston
Manda AK, Sisco MS, Mallinson DJ, Griffin MT (2015) Relative role and extent of marine and
groundwater inundation on a dune-dominated barrier island under sea-level rise scenarios.
Hydrol Process 29:1894–1904
Manda AK, Reyes E, Pitt J (2018) In situ measurements of wind-driven salt fluxes through constructed channels in a coastal wetland ecosystem. Hydrol Process 32:636–643
Manda AK, Giuliano AS, Allen T (2014) Influence of artificial channels on the source and extent of
saline water intrusion in the wind-tide dominated wetlands of the southern Albemarle Estuarine
System, (USA). Environ Earth Sci J 71:4409–4419
Masterson JP (2004) Simulated interaction between freshwater and saltwater and effects of
ground-water pumping and sea-level change, Lower Cape cod aquifer system, Massachusetts.
United States Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004–5014. U.S. Geological
Survey, Cape Cod
Mulligan A, Evans R, Lizarralde D (2007) The role of paleochannels in groundwater/seawater
exchange. J Hydrogeol 335:313–329
8 A Tale of Two Hydrogeology Problems in Coastal North Carolina