In Situ Radioactivity Measurements and Water Flow Characteristics of a Thermal Spring in Gera Gulf, Lesvos Island, Greece
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area and Fieldwork
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Instrumentation
3.1.1. Acoustic Doppler Measurements
3.1.2. GeoMAREA Detection System
3.2. Model Approaches
3.2.1. Residence Time
3.2.2. Discharge Rate of the Radionuclides
4. Results
4.1. Water Velocity and Acoustic Back-Scatter Observations
4.2. GeoMAREA Data
5. Discussion
5.1. Residence Time and Water Supply
5.2. Correlation of the Water Flow Velocity with Activity Concentration
6. Conclusions and Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tsabaris, C.; Zervakis, V.; Saitanis, S.; Patiris, D.; Pappa, F.K.; Velegrakis, A.; Alexakis, S.; Kioroglou, S. In Situ Radioactivity Measurements and Water Flow Characteristics of a Thermal Spring in Gera Gulf, Lesvos Island, Greece. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 801. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11040801
Tsabaris C, Zervakis V, Saitanis S, Patiris D, Pappa FK, Velegrakis A, Alexakis S, Kioroglou S. In Situ Radioactivity Measurements and Water Flow Characteristics of a Thermal Spring in Gera Gulf, Lesvos Island, Greece. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2023; 11(4):801. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11040801
Chicago/Turabian StyleTsabaris, Christos, Vassilis Zervakis, Spyros Saitanis, Dionisis Patiris, Filothei K. Pappa, Antonios Velegrakis, Stylianos Alexakis, and Sotirios Kioroglou. 2023. "In Situ Radioactivity Measurements and Water Flow Characteristics of a Thermal Spring in Gera Gulf, Lesvos Island, Greece" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11, no. 4: 801. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11040801