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Hydrogeology and sustainable agriculture 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
C. R. Aldwell 《Environmental Geology》1997,32(2):93-99
The world's population continues to grow and to require more and more food. Attempts by modern high output agriculture to
meet this need have led to serious environmental problems. A more sustainable balance is now required and is being sought
in a variety of ways. Hydrogeologists should continue to highlight the threat posed by agriculture to groundwater, particularly
since groundwater is a hidden resource and its degradation and rehabilitation often take place slowly. But the time has come
for groundwater specialists to go further and become actively involved in helping to provide practical and sustainable solutions.
The agriculture of the future requires a holistic approach which balances the essential economics of food production with
equally valid environmental needs, including those of groundwater. Such an approach demands cross-sectoral collaboration involving
multidisciplinary research and action within an integrated policy framework. This paper reviews the current groundwater/agriculture
interface and some of the attempts being made to achieve a more truly sustainable agriculture with particular emphasis on
European experience. It aims to stimulate greater interest and involvement by hydrogeologists in helping to bring about realistic
solutions that will enable future generations to enjoy adequate good quality food and water.
Received: 9 August 1996 / Accepted: 11 November 1996 相似文献
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Hydrogeology in the Nordic Countries 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Gert Knutsson 《《幕》》2008,31(1):148-154
Hydrogeology in the Nordic Countries is characterized by many types of aquifers and great differences in groundwater recharge. Fracture aquifers in crystalline, hard rocks are the most common type of aquifer with, in general, low fracture porosity and low well yields. The most productive crystalline rocks are the basalts in Iceland and the rapakivi granite in Finland. The fracture and fault zones have mostly high conductivity. Porous aquifers are found in various types of geology. The most porous ones are the lava-fields and the pyroclastic rocks in the active volcanic zone of Iceland, but glaciofluvial deposits such as eskers and deltas in Finland, Norway and Sweden, outwash plains in SW Denmark and sandurs in Iceland are also very porous and good aquifers, as are some sedimentary rocks in Denmark. The glacial till has, in general, low conductivity. Fractured porous aquifers in consolidated limestones and sandstones have high well yields in relatively young formations in Denmark and Scania in southern Sweden, but medium or low yields in older strata. Karst aquifers have limited extension, but there are some well developed ones in the Caledonian mountain range in Norway and Sweden. Geothermal water with a lot of springs and even geysers are common in Iceland and of great economic importance. The groundwater chemistry of the crystalline, hard rocks is notable for bacteria, brines and mixed water at great depths （more than 500 m） as well as high contents of arsenic, fluoride and radon in drilled wells in certain regions. 相似文献
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Arizona hydrogeology and water supply zones are classified into the Basin and Range Lowlands, the Central Highlands, and Plateau Uplands Hydrogeologic Provinces. Average annual precipitation for the state ranges from about five to more than 25 inches; average annual total is about 80 million acre-feet. More than 95 percent of rain and snowfall is lost to evaporation and transpiration. Evaporation potential ranges from about 48 to 86 inches per year and exceeds precipitation at all locations. Most water use is in the agricultural areas and large cities that lie in the Basin and Range Lowlands Province. Groundwater circulation and storage in the Basin and Range Lowlands Province occur chiefly in the extensive alluvial basins. Total groundwater in storage in the basins is more than 1.2 billion acre-feet. Because water use exceeds the rate of replenishment in these basins, groundwater levels have declined, and streamflow from the province is small. The Central Highlands Province provides large amounts of surface-water runoff to the Gila River system where the water is stored in large reservoirs and is used chiefly for agricultural and municipal purposes in the lowlands. Except for large groundwater supplies in fractured rock aquifers at a few locations, groundwater resources in the highlands are small. The Plateau Uplands Province is characterized by extensive flat-lying sandstone and limestone aquifers and by meager surface-water runoff. About 250,000 acre-feet of groundwater are yielded annually from springs that discharge to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon and to tributaries of the Gila River system along the Mogollon Rim. Largest groundwater yields to wells and to springs occur from abundantly fractured rocks along large faults. The Colorado River flows westward across the northern part of the state and forms the boundary between Arizona and California. Average annual flow in the Colorado River at Lees Ferry is about 12 million acre-feet. The river flow is regulated by reservoirs capable of storing more than 50 million acre-feet. All but about 2.7 million acre-feet per year of the river flow is used in Arizona and California or is lost to evaporation and transpiration. 相似文献
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《Journal of Asian Earth Sciences》2003,21(4):423-429
In Saudi Arabia, coastal sabkhas cover extensive areas along the coasts of the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf in addition to the continental sabkhas scattered in many places inland. Al-Lith sabkha is one of the typical coastal sabkhas located along the Red Sea coast. Sabkhas, in general, pose a number of geotechnical problems and need to be carefully investigated before being urbanized.A generalized geologic section in Al-Lith sabkha indicates a salty crust at the surface followed by yellowish brown silt and silty sand, olive gray silt and sandy silt and bottomed by coralline reefal limestone. Within this succession, there are several isolated lenticular bodies of sandy silt, silty sand and shelly silty sand. The clay minerals constituting the fine-grained portion of the soil are, in decreasing order, kaolinite, illite and montmorillonite in addition to minor chlorite.The depth to groundwater in 17 observation wells ranged from 0.18 to 1.81 m with a maximum fluctuation of 0.60 m between summer and winter. The permeability of the top silt layer was found to be very low with an average of 5.4×10−4 m/day. A pumping test was performed in a deep well penetrating the coralline limestone. The measured permeability is 1.1×102 m/day and the estimated storage coefficient is 4×10−5.Soil water evaporation was measured using a lysimeter constructed with undisturbed soil samples having different depths to the water level. The rate of evaporation ranges from 2.8 to 27.8 ml/day decreasing with an increase in depth to the water level.Groundwater samples were analyzed for their major anions and cations. Salt concentrations show a general increase toward the sea except for the calcium and carbonates that show a landward increase. The groundwater could be classified as a Cl+SO4 brine. The salinity of the groundwater was determined at different depths in the pumping well and was found to be low in the top 4 m. It sharply increases until it reaches a value approximately 10 times the salinity of the top layer indicating groundwater intermixing with freshwater and salt-water intrusion. The change in the salinity during pumping was erratic but within a range of 2%. 相似文献
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The Ordos Basin is located in the east of NW China that is composed of different aquifer systems. Karst groundwater is stored in the Carmbrian-Ordovician carbonates along the margins of the basin. Fissured-pore water is present in the Cretaceous strata in the central-western basin and pore water is stored in the overlying Quaternary deposits discontinuously. The main origin of groundwater in the basin is direct or indirect infiltration of precipitation. Groundwater flows from recharge areas to adjacent local discharge areas. Besides evaporation and abstraction, groundwater feeds springs and rivers, such as the Yellow River and its tributaries. According to the karst aquifer lithologic structure, the features of karst development and circulation, the karst aquifer is divided into three structural and circulation patterns. Based on the control of Cretaceous sedimentary environment, lithologic structure, lithofacies, and palaeogeographic characteristics, the Cretaceous system is divided into the northern desert simple plateau aquifer system and the southern loess plateau aquifer system. PACKER was used to obtain temperature, hydrogeochemical and isotope data at specific depths. Groundwater circulation is studied using hydrodynamic fields, temperature fields, isotopes, hydrogeochemical data and numerical simulations. According to the result, it is divided into local, intermediate and regional systems. 相似文献
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Hydrogeology in North America: past and future 总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2
T. N. Narasimhan 《Hydrogeology Journal》2005,13(1):7-24
This paper is a retrospective on the evolution of hydrogeology in North America over the past two centuries, and a brief speculation of its future. The history of hydrogeology is marked by developments in many different fields such as groundwater hydrology, soil mechanics, soil science, economic geology, petroleum engineering, structural geology, geochemistry, geophysics, marine geology, and more recently, ecology. The field has been enriched by the contributions of distinguished researchers from all these fields. At present, hydrogeology is in transition from a state of discovering new resources and exploiting them efficiently for maximum benefit, to one of judicious management of finite, interconnected resources that are vital for the sustenance of humans and other living things. The future of hydrogeology is likely to be dictated by the subtle balance with which the hydrological, erosional, and nutritional cycles function, and the decision of a technological society to either adapt to the constraints imposed by the balance, or to continue to exploit hydrogeological systems for maximum benefit. Although there is now a trend towards ecological and environmental awareness, human attitudes could change should large parts of the populated world be subjected to the stresses of droughts that last for many decades.
Resumen Este articulo es una retrospectiva sobre la evolución de la hidrogeología en Norte América en los pasados dos siglos, y una breve especulación de su futuro. La historia de la hidrogeología está marcada por desarrollos en muchos campos diferentes tal como hidrología de aguas subterráneas, mecánica de suelos, ciencia del suelo, geología económica, ingeniería del petróleo, geología estructural, geoquímica, geofísica, geología marina, y más recientemente, ecología. El campo se ha enriquecido por las contribuciones de investigadores distinguidos en todos esos campos. Actualmente, la hidrogeología se encuentra en transición de un estado de descubrir nuevos recursos y explotarlos eficientemente para un beneficio máximo, a un estado de gestión juiciosa de recursos finitos, interconectados, que son vitales para el sustento de humanos y otras cosas vivientes. El futuro de la hidrogeología posiblemente esté determinado por el balance sutil con el cual funcionan los ciclos nutricionales, erosionales e hidrológicos, y la decisión de una sociedad tecnológica para ya sea adaptarse a las restricciones impuestas por el balance o para continuar con la explotación de los sistemas hidrogeológicos para un beneficio máximo. Aunque existe actualmente una tendencia hacia la conciencia ambiental y ecológica, las actitudes humanas podrían cambiar en caso de que grandes partes del mundo poblado estén sujetas a las presiones de sequías que duran por muchas décadas.
Résumé Cet article est une rétrospective de lévolution de lhydrogéologie en Amérique du Nord sur les deux derniers siècles, et une brève évaluation de son futur. Lhistoire de lhydrogéologie est marquée par le développement de plusieurs techniques de terrain telles, lhydrologie des eaux souterraines, la mécanique des sols, les sciences du sol, la géologie économique, l ingénierie pétrolière, la géologie structurale, la géochimie, la géophysique, la géologie marine et plus récemment lécologie. La science a été enrichie par la contribution de plusieurs chercheurs distingués, provenant de toutes ces branches. A présent, lhydrogéologie est à la transition entre la volonté de découvrir de nouvelles ressources et l exploitation la plus bénéfique au possible, et un management judicieux des ressources finies, interconnectées, qui sont vitales pour l approvisionnement des hommes et autres formes de vie. Le futur de l hydrogéologie sera dicté par la balance subtile dans laquelle intervient les cycles de lhydrologie, de lérosion, de la nutrition, et la décision dune société technologique qui sadapterait aux contraintes de la balance, ou qui continuerait dexploiter les systèmes hydrologiques pour un bénéfice maximum. Par ailleurs il y a une nette tendance à inclure les aspects écologiques, les aspects environnementaux, et les changements humains qui pourraient être influencés par les modifications hydrogéologiques observées depuis une dizaine dannées.相似文献