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B. M. S. Giambastiani A. M. McCallum M. S. Andersen B. F. J. Kelly R. I. Acworth 《Hydrogeology Journal》2012,20(6):1027-1044
A FEFLOW three-dimensional (3D) groundwater model is developed to enhance the understanding of groundwater processes in the complex alluvial stratigraphy of Maules Creek Catchment (New South Wales, Australia). The aquifer vertical heterogeneity is replicated by indexing 204 lithological logs into units of high or low hydraulic conductivity, and by developing a 3D geological conceptual model with a vertical resolution based on the average lithological unit thickness for the region. The model mesh is populated with the indexed geology using nearest neighbour gridding. The calibrated model is successful in simulating the observed flow dynamics and in quantifying the important water-budget components. This indicates that the lateral groundwater flow from the mountainous region is the main inflow component of the system. Under natural conditions, the Namoi River acts as a sink of water, but groundwater abstraction increasingly removes a large amount of water each year causing dewatering of the system. The pumping condition affects the river–aquifer interaction by reversing the flow, from gaining to losing river conditions during the simulation period. The procedure is relevant for the development of groundwater models of heterogeneous systems in order to improve the understanding of the interplay between aquifer architecture and groundwater processes. 相似文献
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Ankara Creek is often subjected to overflowing of sewage caused by rainfall or direct discharge of raw sewage. Alluvial aquifers
adjacent to Ankara Creek and its tributaries have considerable groundwater potential. The present status of groundwater quality
is far from drinking water standards. Groundwater contamination in Ankara is suspected to be caused by Ankara Creek which
is heavily polluted by raw sewage discharge, surface runoff and other common sources. In order to investigate the influence
of heavily polluted Ankara Creek on the groundwater contamination in the adjacent alluvial aquifers, five sampling stations
on Ankara Creek and 25 water wells were monitored during 1996. At five different sampling periods, water samples were collected
from both surface water and groundwater. Chemical analyses of basic ions, pollution parameters and heavy metals in natural
waters were carried out. The organic pollution prevails in Ankara Creek whereas total dissolved solids (TDS) and heavy metal
concentrations are considerably low. Starting from the idea that Ankara Creek somewhat influences the groundwater quality
and the contaminants in groundwater should attenuate with respect to distance, a series of water wells in a certain area,
each having different distance from the creek, were examined using four pollution parameters. It is concluded that Ankara
Creek barely influences the aquifer systems in connection. This is attributed to two reasons: rapid attenuation of contaminants
due to dilution in groundwater and a blanket of very fine sized materials covering the bottom of Ankara Creek.
Received: 28. April 1997 · Accepted: 23. February 1998 相似文献
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Gabriel C. Rau Martin S. Andersen Andrew M. McCallum Richard Ian Acworth 《Hydrogeology Journal》2010,18(5):1093-1110
Two methods applying natural heat as a tracer to quantify surface water–groundwater exchange were evaluated using field data. Arrays capable of monitoring and recording the streambed response to diurnal temperature variations in the surface water were deployed for a 2-month period in three locations in perennial pools at Maules Creek, New South Wales, Australia. Multi-level array design, field deployment and parameter estimation are discussed. The applicability of analytical solutions derived from the heat transport equation to the streambed environments was analysed using the recorded temperature time series. The stream was found to lose water to the aquifer, which was supported by simultaneously recorded hydraulic gradients. However, the one-dimensional (1D) analytical solutions did not adequately describe the observed streambed thermal response at two locations. The resulting artefacts in the estimated flow velocities are discussed. It was hypothesised that the artefacts originate from model limitation due to streambed heterogeneity and application of 1D solutions to multi-dimensional and dynamic streambed flow. This consequently imposes limitations on the field applicability of the methods. Nevertheless, in combination with time series of surface water and streambed water levels, the use of heat as a tracer provided a powerful tool for better understanding the shallow hydrogeological system. 相似文献
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S. J. Appleyard 《Environmental Geology》1993,21(4):227-236
Twelve bores were sunk adjacent to three stormwater infiltration basins in the Perth metropolitan area to examine the impact of runoff from a light industrial area, a medium-density residential area, and a major arterial road on groundwater quality, and to examine the hydrological response of the aquifer to runoff recharge. Automatic and manual water level monitoring between April and November 1990 indicated that groundwater levels responded within minutes to recharge from the infiltration basins. Peak water levels of up to 2.5 m above rest levels occurred 6–24 h after the commencement of ponding in the infiltration basins. There was a marked reduction in salinity and increase in dissolved oxygen concentrations in the upper part of the aquifer downgradient of the infiltration basins. Concentrations of toxic metals, nutrients, pesticides, and phenolic compounds in groundwater near the infiltration basins were low and generally well within Australian drinking water guidelines. However, sediment in the base of an infiltration basin draining a major road contained in excess of 3500 ppm of lead. Phthalates, which are US EPA priority pollutants, were detected in all but one bore near the infiltration basins. Their detection may be a sampling artifact, but they may also be derived from the plastic litter that accumulates in the infiltration basins. The concentration of iron in groundwater near the infiltration basins appears to be controlled by dissolved oxygen concentrations, with high iron concentrations occurring where dissolved oxygen concentrations are low. Pumping bores located near infiltration basins may suffer from iron encrustation problems caused by the mixing of shallow, oxygenated groundwater with water containing higher concentrations of iron from deeper in the aquifer. 相似文献
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Industrial sites present a challenge to the hydrogeological delineation of pollution sources and their impacts. When large-scale
geologic structures such as grabens exist on such sites, these can have a significant impact on the hydrology and water quality
distribution. At the site investigated, geophysical techniques, standard hydrogeological approaches and hydrochemical characterisation
(with methods such as depth-profiling and isotopes) were used to determine the impact of a graben structure and the hydrogeological
properties and consequent water quality distribution. Zones of high conductivity, corresponding with available data, were
identified from the geophysical investigation and subsequent pumping tests in the area. Through hydrochemical characterisation,
including isotopes, it was determined that the fault zone acts as a barrier for groundwater flow and is thus the reason for
the lower levels of pollutants in groundwater beyond this feature. However, the surface water flow is not restricted by these
zones, and contributes significantly to the flow and salt loads at the discharge point. The study showed that graben structures
are important controls on the movement of contaminants, and that the effect of such geological features on groundwater quality
distribution must be investigated using multiple methodologies to construct a feasible conceptual model of the interactions. 相似文献
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Saline seepage zone development and hence dryland salinity is a major environmental problem which many arid to semiarid landscapes in Australia are experiencing. Due to the geological complexity of the regional aquifer system and the heterogeneous nature of the local groundwater system, each groundwater seepage zone in the Spicers Creek catchment, central west, New South Wales, Australia possesses different mechanisms which control its development. Saline seepage zones have formed adjacent to a fault zone, and two experimental sites were established through these groundwater discharge zones to understand geochemical processes which have led to the development of soil sodicity, gully erosion and the flushing of salts into the surface water systems. Seepage zone groundwaters contain a distinctive geochemical signature with elevated concentrations of Na, Cl, HCO3, Ca, Sr, B, As and Li. The mixing of deep saline groundwaters together with ion exchange processes lead to a distinctive seepage zone groundwater chemistry being developed. Altering the landscape features within this rural groundwater system has developed water toxicity for crops, soil sodicity leading to land degradation, and waterlogging problems. 相似文献
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Documenting the interaction between groundwater and rivers is fundamental to understanding hydrological systems. While many studies have examined the location and magnitude of groundwater inflows to rivers, much less is known about the transit times of water in catchments and from where in the aquifer the groundwater originates. Resolving those questions is vital for protecting riverine ecosystems, assessing the impact of contamination, and understanding the potential consequences of groundwater pumping. This study uses tritium (3H) to evaluate the mean transit times of water contributing to Deep Creek (southeast Australia), which is a chain-of-ponds river system. 3H activities of river water vary between 1.47 and 2.91 TU with lower 3H activities recorded during cease-to-flow periods when the river comprises isolated groundwater-fed pools. Regional groundwater 1–2.5 km away from Deep Creek at depths of 7.5–46.5 m has 3H activities of between <0.02 and 0.84 TU. The variation in 3H activities suggest that the water that inflows into Deep Creek is dominated by near-river shallow groundwater with the deeper groundwater only providing significant inflows during drier periods. If the water in the catchment can be represented by a single store with a continuum of ages, mean transit times of the river water range between <1 and 31 years whereas those of the groundwater are at least 75 years and mainly >100 years. Alternatively the variation in 3H activities can be explained by mixing of a young near-river water component with up to 50% older groundwater. The results of this study reinforce the need to protect shallow near-river groundwater from contamination in order to safeguard riverine ecosystems and also illustrate the potential pitfalls in using regional bores to characterise the geochemistry of near-river groundwater. 相似文献
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Proposed groundwater withdrawals in the San Luis Valley of Colorado may lower the water table in Great Sand Dunes National
Monument. In response, the National Park Service initiated a study that has produced a generalized conceptual model of the
hydrologic system in order to assess whether a lowering of the water table might decrease the surface flow of lower Medano
Creek. Based upon information obtained during the drilling of several boreholes, there appear to be five important hydrostratigraphic
units underlying lower Medano Creek within the upper 30 m of the ground surface: 1. a perched aquifer overlying an aquitard
located between about 5 and 6 m below the ground surface; 2. the aquitard itself; 3. an unconfined aquifer located between
the upper and lower aquitards; 4. an aquitard located between about 27 and 29 m below the ground surface; and 5. a confined
underlying the lower aquitard. Because the areal extent of the aquitards cannot be determined from the borehole data, a detailed
conceptual model of the hydrogeologic system underlying lower Medano Creek cannot be developed. However, a generalized conceptual
model can be envisioned that consists of a complex system of interlayered aquifers and leaky aquitards, with each aquifer
having a unique hydraulic head. Water levels in the perched aquifer rise rapidly to their annual maximum levels in response
to the arrival of the flow terminus of Medano Creek during the spring runoff event, and the location of the flow terminus
is directly dependent upon the discharge of the creek. Water levels in the deeper, non-perched aquifers do not appear to fluctuate
significantly in response to the arrival of the flow terminus, demonstrating that it is unlikely that the proposed groundwater
withdrawals will decrease the surface flow of lower Medano Creek.
Received: 27 December 1995 · Accepted: 20 February 1996 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》1997,12(4):447-464
The controls on metal concentrations in a plume of acidic (pH 3.29–5.55) groundwater in the Moon Creek watershed in Idaho, U.S.A., were investigated with the use of property-property plots. A plot of Ca vs S demonstrated that a plume of contaminated groundwater was being diluted by infiltration of rain and creek water at shallow depths and by ambient groundwater near bedrock. The small amount of dissolved Fe (2.1 mg/l) was removed while dissolved Pb was added, reaching a maximum concentration of 0.37 mg/l. The other metals (Zn ≤ 16, Al ≤ 6.2, Cu ≤ 2.1 and Cd ≤ 0.077 mg/l) in the shallow groundwater were essentially conserved until they emerged as a seep along the creek bank. Upon mixing with the creek water, groundwater was diluted by factors between 11 and 50, and the pH of the mixture became neutral. Metals originating from the contaminated groundwater were removed in the creek in the following order: Fe > Al > Pb ≫ Cu > Mn > Zn = Cd.Pb and Cu continued to be removed from solution even as the creek passed adjacent to a tailings pile. In contrast, Zn concentrations in the creek increased adjacent to the tailings area, presumably as a result of the reemergence of the upgradient plume as the creek lost elevation.Below the tailings dam, contaminated creek water (400–800 μg Zn/l) was diluted by both smaller side streams and a creek of equal flow. The presence of 3 distinctive water masses required the use of two tracers (dissolved Si and S) to distinguish between mixing and geochemical reactions. The removal of metals was greater during low flow conditions. Pb was removed to the greatest extent, falling below detection limits (0.5 μ/l) at the first sampling location. Copper and Mn were removed to a lesser extent during low flow conditions and approached conservative behavior during high flow conditions. During a 5-km journey through two hydrological regimes, less than 10% of the dissolved Zn and Cd was lost. 相似文献
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Determining groundwater ages from environmental tracer concentrations measured on samples obtained from open bores or long-screened intervals is fraught with difficulty because the sampled water represents a variety of ages. A multi-tracer technique (Cl, 14C, 3H, CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113 and SF6) was used to decipher the groundwater ages sampled from long-screened production bores in a regional aquifer around an open pit mine in the Pilbara region of northwest Australia. The changes in tracer concentrations due to continuous dewatering over 7 years (2008–2014) were examined, and the tracer methods were compared. Tracer concentrations suggest that groundwater samples are a mixture of young and old water; the former is inferred to represent localised recharge from an adjacent creek, and the latter to be diffuse recharge. An increase in 14C activity with time in wells closest to the creek suggests that dewatering of the open pit to achieve dry mining conditions has resulted in change in flow direction, so that localised recharge from the creek now forms a larger proportion of the pumped groundwater. The recharge rate prior to development, calculated from a steady-state Cl mass balance, is 6 mm/y, and is consistent with calculations based on the 14C activity. Changes in CFC-12 concentrations with time may be related to the change in water-table position relative to the depth of the well screen. 相似文献
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Fluvial herring-bone cross-stratification in a modern tributary mouth bar, Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Herring-bone cross-stratification occurs in tributary mouth bar sediments less than 150 yr old in Warrena Creek near its confluence with the Castlereagh River some 2000 river kilometres from the sea in northern New South Wales. These streams have low gradients, with straight to anastomosing channels which become sinuous and distributive downstream. Channel beds are sand but banks are almost exclusively mud which is burrowed and extensively penetrated by roots. Herring-bone cross-stratification results from flow reversals in Warrena Creek during flood events. Flow direction depends upon discharge and stage in the creek relative to that in the adjacent river. The lithofacies resemble inter-tidal deposits and could easily be misidentified on the basis of herring-bone cross-stratification in an ancient sedimentary sequence. Herringbone cross-stratification should be regarded as diagnostic of depositional environments in which current directions are principally determined by reversals of water surface gradient, rather than by regional slope. Flow reversal phenomena may be a characteristic of very low gradient fluvial systems. 相似文献
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Three types of groundwater occur in the area of the Ranger mine. Type A groundwater occurs in the loose sands and gravels occupying the present day stream channels, Type B in the weathering profile and Type C occurs in relatively fresh fractured bedrock occupying open fractures and other cavities. The three types of groundwater can be distinguished both chemically and isotopically. Light stable isotope data suggest that most early rains are lost by evapotranspiration and have no imprint on the groundwater. Later in the wet season, the ground is saturated and groundwater recharge occurs on a regional scale. This younger groundwater sits on the older waters. Mixing is probably minimal as before any large scale mixing could occur, most younger waters are lost by evapotranspiration. Stable isotope data suggest that Type B groundwater in certain areas has some connection with evaporated surface water bodies. Stable isotope measurements for the pollution monitoring bores around the tailings dam do not indicate any connection with the polluted pond waters at the time of sample collection. 相似文献
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First arrival times from P-wave refraction and reflection seismic surveys along Bear Creek Valley on the Oak Ridge Reservation,
Tennessee, were inverted to produce refraction tomographic velocity images showing seismic velocity variations within thinly
mantled karstic bedrock to a depth of approximately 20 m. Inverted velocities are consistent with two distinct bedrock groups:
the Nolichucky Shale (2,730–5,150 m/s) and Maynardville Limestone (3,940–7,575 m/s). Low-velocity zones (2,700–4,000 m/s)
in the tomographic images correspond to previously inferred cross-valley strike-slip faults; in places, these faults create
permeability barriers that offset or block groundwater flowing along Bear Creek Valley. These faults may also force groundwater
contaminants, such as dense non-aqueous phase liquids, to migrate laterally or downward, spreading contamination throughout
the groundwater system. Other, previously unmapped cross-valley faults may also be visible in the tomographic images. Borehole
logs suggest the low-velocity values are caused by low rigidity fractured and vuggy rock, water zones, cavities and collapse
features. Surface streams, including Bear Creek, tend to lie directly above these low-velocity zones, suggesting fault and
fracture control of surface drainage, in addition to the subsurface flow system. In some cases, fault zones are also associated
with bedrock depressions and thicker accumulations of unconsolidated sediment. 相似文献
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Gregory D. Lazear 《Hydrogeology Journal》2006,14(8):1582-1598
The Tongue Creek watershed lies on the south flank of Grand Mesa in western Colorado, USA and is a site with 1.5 km of topographic relief, heat flow of 100 mW/m2, thermal conductivity of 3.3 W m–1 °C–1, hydraulic conductivity of 10-8 m/s, a water table that closely follows surface topography, and groundwater temperatures 3–15°C above mean surface temperatures. These data suggest that convective heat transport by groundwater flow has modified the thermal regime of the site. Steady state three-dimensional numerical simulations of heat flow, groundwater flow, and convective transport were used to model these thermal and hydrological data. The simulations provided estimates for the scale of hydraulic conductivity and bedrock base flow discharge within the watershed. The numerical models show that (1) complex three-dimensional flow systems develop with a range of scales from tens of meters to tens of kilometers; (2) mapped springs are frequently found at locations where contours of hydraulic head indicate strong vertical flow at the water table, and; (3) the distribution of groundwater temperatures in water wells as a function of surface elevation is predicted by the model. 相似文献
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Surface waters (streams, rivers, and wetlands) are the most important groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) in Otago, New Zealand. Pumping wells in the vicinity can deplete water in the GDE. In Otago, most of the surface water resources are allocated and a method, which would assist in the implementation of water management policy, is needed to acknowledge the strong hydraulic link between surface and shallow groundwater. A simplified method has been developed which derives a numerical relationship between the bore pumping rate and the distance between the bore and surface water body beyond which depletion is considered insignificant. A range of GDE depletion scenarios are examined at various combinations of hydraulic parameters to find a minimum distance for a given pumping rate, at which 90% of the modelled surface water depletion scenarios become less than a threshold GDE depletion after a specified time. A buffer zone, based on the minimum distance is placed around GDEs, and groundwater abstraction rights within the buffer are subject to stricter rules. Applicants wishing to abstract from bores within the buffer zone will need to address the environmental impact of the proposed activity on the GDE. 相似文献
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太行山片麻岩区的浅层地下渗流是一种普遍现象,多以壤中流和裂隙潜流的形式出现在坡地的下部或流域的出口处,对这部分水资源进行合理收集是我国北方石质山地雨水利用的重要方面。以四水(降水、地表水、土壤水、裂隙水)转化为出发点,在分析太行山片麻岩区坡地水文地质结构的基础上,提出了"岩土二元结构体"的概念,并通过坡地岩土水分与水势的测定,得出了坡地岩土不同埋深处的水分特征曲线,同时,根据岩土水分特征曲线,对坡地介质的复杂性与空间变异性从机理上给出了进一步的解释。在此基础上,提出了一种对坡地渗流进行集蓄的新技术,该技术是对传统雨水集蓄形式的发展与创新,对北方土石山地雨水利用技术的发展具有重要贡献。 相似文献
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Comparative major ion geochemistry of Piedmont streams in the Atlanta,Georgia region: possible effects of urbanization 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
S. Rose 《Environmental Geology》2002,42(1):102-113
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This paper presents a preliminary assessment of the hydrogeological characteristics of a karst mountainous catchment, the Suoi Muoi River catchment, in the northwest of Vietnam. The catchment is located at 600 -700 m a.s.l. and covers an area of 284 km. Exposed limestone occupies 32% of the total catchment area. Various types of assessments have been carried out, including geological and hydrogeological field surveys, cave surveys, dye-tracer tests, meteorological and surface water monitoring. Geological studies and cave surveys have identified the most important active cave/conduit systems within the catchment. Although these data are essential, they are insufficient to make a comprehensive appraisal of the hydrologic nature of the catchment under interest. An attempt was made to calculate a global water balance of the catchment, based on short-term (15 months) meteorological and streamflow records. The results show that, despite the existence of a number of substantial cavem conduit systems, the groun 相似文献
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Groundwater flow is an important control on subsurface evaporite (salt) dissolution. Salt dissolution can drive faulting and associated subsidence on the land surface and increase salinity in groundwater. This study aims to understand the groundwater flow system of Gypsum Canyon watershed in the Paradox Basin, Utah, USA, and whether or not groundwater-driven dissolution affects surface deformation. The work characterizes the groundwater flow and solute transport systems of the watershed using a three-dimensional (3D) finite element flow and transport model, SUTRA. Spring samples were analyzed for stable isotopes of water and total dissolved solids. Spring water and hydraulic conductivity data provide constraints for model parameters. Model results indicate that regional groundwater flow is to the northwest towards the Colorado River, and shallow flow systems are influenced by topography. The low permeability obtained from laboratory tests is inconsistent with field observed discharges, supporting the notion that fracture permeability plays a significant role in controlling groundwater flow. Model output implies that groundwater-driven dissolution is small on average, and cannot account for volume changes in the evaporite deposits that could cause surface deformation, but it is speculated that dissolution may be highly localized and/or weaken evaporite deposits, and could lead to surface deformation over time. 相似文献
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Relation of streams, lakes, and wetlands to groundwater flow systems 总被引：24，自引：10，他引：14
Thomas C. Winter 《Hydrogeology Journal》1999,7(1):28-45
Surface-water bodies are integral parts of groundwater flow systems. Groundwater interacts with surface water in nearly all
landscapes, ranging from small streams, lakes, and wetlands in headwater areas to major river valleys and seacoasts. Although
it generally is assumed that topographically high areas are groundwater recharge areas and topographically low areas are groundwater
discharge areas, this is true primarily for regional flow systems. The superposition of local flow systems associated with
surface-water bodies on this regional framework results in complex interactions between groundwater and surface water in all
landscapes, regardless of regional topographic position. Hydrologic processes associated with the surface-water bodies themselves,
such as seasonally high surface-water levels and evaporation and transpiration of groundwater from around the perimeter of
surface-water bodies, are a major cause of the complex and seasonally dynamic groundwater flow fields associated with surface
water. These processes have been documented at research sites in glacial, dune, coastal, mantled karst, and riverine terrains.
Received, April 1998 · Revised, July 1998, August 1998 · Accepted, September 1998 相似文献