Possible Zones of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) and Seawater Intrusion (SWI) along the West Coast of Kanyakumari, India

Table 2

Variations of SGD and SWI with respect to SST, GWL, and GWQ.

Criteria	Variations		Process
Sea surface temperature	Summer	Cold water plumes	SGD
	Winter	Hot water plumes	SGD
Groundwater level	High		SGD
	Low		SWI
Groundwater quality parameters
EC	High		SWI
	Low		SGD
Cl	High		SWI
	Low		SGD
SO4	High		SGD
	Low		SWI
NO3	High		SGD
	Low		SWI