Tracer hydrology of the data-scarce and heterogeneous Central American Isthmus     

Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo  Germain Esquivel-Hernández  José L. Corrales-Salazar  Laura Castro-Chacón  Ana M. Durán-Quesada  Manuel Guerrero-Hernández  Valeria Delgado  Javier Barberena  Katia Montenegro-Rayo  Heyddy Calderón  Carlos Chevez  Tania Peña-Paz  Saúl García-Santos  Pedro Ortiz-Roque  Yaneth Alvarado-Callejas  Laura Benegas  Antonio Hernández-Antonio  Marcela Matamoros-Ortega  Lucia Ortega  Stefan Terzer-Wassmuth 《水文研究》2020,34(11):2660-2675

Numerous socio-economic activities depend on the seasonal rainfall and groundwater recharge cycle across the Central American Isthmus. Population growth and unregulated land use changes resulted in extensive surface water pollution and a large dependency on groundwater resources. This work combines stable isotope variations in rainfall, surface water, and groundwater of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras to develop a regionalized rainfall isoscape, isotopic lapse rates, spatial–temporal isotopic variations, and air mass back trajectories determining potential mean recharge elevations, moisture circulation patterns, and surface water–groundwater interactions. Intra-seasonal rainfall modes resulted in two isotopically depleted incursions (W-shaped isotopic pattern) during the wet season and two enriched pulses during the mid-summer drought and the months of the strongest trade winds. Notable isotopic sub-cloud fractionation and near-surface secondary evaporation were identified as common denominators within the Central American Dry Corridor. Groundwater and surface water isotope ratios depicted the strong orographic separation into the Caribbean and Pacific domains, mainly induced by the governing moisture transport from the Caribbean Sea, complex rainfall producing systems across the N-S mountain range, and the subsequent mixing with local evapotranspiration, and, to a lesser degree, the eastern Pacific Ocean fluxes. Groundwater recharge was characterized by (a) depleted recharge in highland areas (72.3%), (b) rapid recharge via preferential flow paths (13.1%), and enriched recharge due to near-surface secondary fractionation (14.6%). Median recharge elevation ranged from 1,104 to 1,979 m a.s.l. These results are intended to enhance forest conservation practices, inform water protection regulations, and facilitate water security and sustainability planning in the Central American Isthmus.  相似文献   

Forest fire effects on groundwater in a coastal aquifer (Ravenna,Italy)          下载免费PDF全文

Beatrice M. S. Giambastiani  Nicolas Greggio  Giovanni Nobili  Enrico Dinelli  Marco Antonellini 《水文研究》2018,32(15):2377-2389

We examined the fire‐induced changes in groundwater recharge rate. This aspect is particularly important in the case of large forested areas growing over a coastal aquifer affected by saltwater intrusion. In the Ravenna coastal area (Italy), pine forests grow on coastal dune belts, overlying a sandy unconfined aquifer, which is strongly affected by marine ingression. Three groundwater profiles across the forest and perpendicular to the coastline were monitored for groundwater level, physical, and chemical parameters. The aims were to define groundwater quality, recharge rate, freshwater volume, and highlight change, which occurred after a forest fire with reference to pre‐fire conditions. Analytical solutions based on Darcy Law and the Dupuit Equation were applied to calculate unconfined flow and compare recharge rates among the profiles. The estimated recharge rates increased in the partially and completely burnt areas (219 and 511 mm year^?1, respectively) compared with the pristine pine forest area (73 mm year^?1). Although pre‐fire conditions were similar in all monitored profiles, a post‐fire decrease in salinity was observed across the burnt forest, along with an increase in infiltration and freshwater lens thickness. This was attributed to decrease canopy interception and evapotranspiration caused by vegetation absence after the fire. This research provided an example of positive forest fire feedback on the quantity and quality of fresh groundwater resources in a lowland coastal aquifer affected by saltwater intrusion, with limited availability of freshwater resources. The fire provided an opportunity to evaluate a new forest management approach and consider the restoration and promotion of native dune herbaceous vegetation.  相似文献   

Forests and water in South America          下载免费PDF全文

Julia Jones  Auro Almeida  Felipe Cisneros  Andres Iroumé  Esteban Jobbágy  Antonio Lara  Walter de Paula Lima  Christian Little  Carlos Llerena  Luis Silveira  Juan Camilo Villegas 《水文研究》2017,31(5):972-980

South America is experiencing rapid change in forest cover, of both native and planted forest. Forest cover loss is primarily attributable to fire, logging, and conversion of native forest to agriculture, pasture, and forest plantations, and types of change vary within and among the many diverse types of forests in South America. Major changes in forest cover and growing policy concerns underscore an urgent need for research on sustainable forest management and water ecosystem services in South America. Differences in land ownership and management objectives create trade‐offs between wood production and water ecosystem services from forests. Work is needed to quantify how forest change and management affect ecosystem services, such as wood production versus water provision. Current scientific understanding of forest management effects on water ecosystem services in South America has important limitations, including a scarcity of long‐term records and few long‐term integrated watershed studies. Industry, government, universities, and local communities should collaborate on integrated applied studies of forests and water. Data archiving and publically available data are required. The creation of national networks and a multi‐country South America network to identify and implement common water research protocols, share results, and explore their implications would promote common and well‐supported policies. Hydrologists working in South America are well placed to tackle the challenges and opportunities for collaborative research that will maintain the intrinsic values and water ecosystem services provided by South America's forests.  相似文献   

Groundwater evolution and mean water age inferred from hydrochemical and isotopic tracers in a tropical confined aquifer          下载免费PDF全文

Pedro Villegas  Vanesa Paredes  Teresita Betancur  Jean D. Taupin  Luis E. Toro 《水文研究》2018,32(14):2158-2175

The coastal confined aquifer in the Gulf of Urabá (Colombia) is an important water source for the banana agro‐industry as well as for urban and rural communities. However, the main processes controlling recharge and mixing in the aquifer are still poorly understood. Hydrochemical analyses and stable isotope monitoring were conducted to (a) determine groundwater recharge origin, mean groundwater age, and the main processes governing groundwater chemistry and the potential mixing of marine water and the influence of diffusive processes from the two surrounding aquitard layers. Hydrochemical data indicate that the main processes affecting the dissolved chemical composition include cation exchange, dissolution of carbonated and CO₂, and silicate weathering. δ¹⁸O and δ²H compositions combined with ¹⁴C data highlight the differences in climatic conditions between the recharge zone and the confined section of the aquifer, which is close to the Atlantic Ocean. Groundwater samples with ¹⁴C ages from recent to 28,300 years BP show a depleted isotopic trend ranging from ?6.43‰ to ?9.14‰ in δ¹⁸O and from ?43.2‰ to ?65.7‰ in δ²H. The most depleted δ¹⁸O and δ²H compositions suggest a cooler recharge climate than the current conditions (corresponding to the last glacial period of the late Pleistocene). Depleted δ¹³C values in the total dissolved inorganic carbon indicate the existence of organic material oxidation processes within the geologic formation. These results can be used or transferred to enhance groundwater modelling efforts in other confined coastal aquifers of South America where scarcity of long‐term monitoring data limits water resources planification under a changing climate.  相似文献   

Effect of combined translation and torsion on undrained uplift capacity of plate anchors: Plastic limit analysis (PLA) solution          下载免费PDF全文

Hamid Reza Nouri  Giovanna Biscontin  Charles P. Aubeny 《国际地质力学数值与分析法杂志》2018,42(14):1567-1591

Uplift capacity of plate anchors has been the focus of numerous studies, because anchor plates are designed for pull‐out in normal operating conditions. However, the response of plate anchors under 6‐degrees‐of‐freedom loading caused during extreme loading conditions is poorly understood. The purpose of this study is to propose a simple yet sufficiently accurate analytical solution to investigate the behavior of plate anchor under combined in‐plane translation and torsion and to evaluate its effect on the plate uplift bearing capacity. To this end, a modified plastic limit analysis (PLA) approach is introduced and compared with limit equilibrium and simplified upper bound baseline solutions. The proposed method is verified with 3‐dimensional finite element. The variables considered in this study include plate aspect ratio, plate thickness, as well as load direction and eccentricity. Results of analytical solutions indicate the insensitivity of the “shape” of the shear‐torsion yield envelope to plate thickness. This finding facilitates the use of simplified yet reasonable yield envelope for infinitely thin plate obtained from simplified PLA approach for other plate thicknesses. The “size” of the failure envelope (controlled by pure torsional and translational capacity) could be predicted fairly accurately by PLA and limit equilibrium methods. Combination of these analytical methods offers a simple yet reasonably accurate solution to describe shear‐torsion response of anchor plate. The obtained shear‐torsion yield envelope is then fitted in the generalized 6‐degrees‐of‐freedom yield surface which describes the reducing effect of moment, torsion, and planar forces on the uplift capacity of plate.  相似文献   

应变软化模拟与圆形隧道衬砌分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王水林  吴振君  李春光  汤华 《岩土力学》2010,31(6):1929-1936

在岩土工程中,有许多类岩体呈现应变软化特性。在应变软化过程中,如果多个材料强度参数分析发生变化,就很难给出软化问题的解析解。已有的文献研究表明,在经典的弹塑性理论框架下,模拟岩土介质的应变软化过程依然值得深入研究。利用应变软化材料强度参数随塑性应变增加而弱化的特点,提出了将应变软化过程简化为一系列的脆性应力跌落与塑性流动过程的思想,应变软化行为的模拟转化为一系列脆塑性过程的分析。将这种模拟应变软化过程的思想方法用于求解均匀初始应力场中应变软化介质内的圆形隧道开挖问题,研究了衬砌对减少岩土开挖扰动的作用以及考虑应变软化对衬砌内力的影响。数值结果表明,对于应变软化岩土材料,忽略其强度软化的行为是偏于危险的。  相似文献   

地下咸水储能回灌含水层胶体释放动力学与渗透性变异     

李海明  翟菁  顾晓明  刘月辉  李云 《岩土力学》2010,31(Z2):170-174

为了揭示天津滨海地区咸水储能回灌过程中含水层渗透性变化的机制,采用室内土柱试验的方法研究不同温度下咸水储能回灌过程中含水层胶体的释放量、释放速率以及胶体释放对含水层渗透性的影响,同时探讨了胶体释放过程中Ca2+的变化特征。研究结果表明,咸水储能回灌过程中含水层胶体释放是脉冲式的,表现为突然增加,然后缓慢降低,大约20个孔隙体积为一个周期;胶体累积释放量随着孔隙体积数的增加而增加;胶体释放量与孔隙体积数为分段函数,不同阶段胶体累积释放量增长幅度和释放速率发生变化。胶体释放过程中含水层的渗透系数随着孔隙体积数的增加呈“S”型曲线;0℃、10℃和20℃情况下咸水含水层渗透系数分别增加了4.02倍、12.21倍和6.63倍;不同温度下虽然含水层渗透系数开始有差异,但60个孔隙体积数后渗透系数均接近15 cm/d左右。胶体释放过程中也存在着Ca2+-K+、Na+ 阳离子交换作用,不同的温度下这种交换作用动态特征不同。  相似文献   

Effects of landuse change on surface runoff and sediment yield at different watershed scales on the Loess Plateau   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

ZHANG Xiaoming  CAO Wenhong  GUO Qingchao  WU Sihong 《国际泥沙研究》2010,25(3):283-293

Erosion and sediment yield from large and small watersheds exhibit different laws. Variations in surface runoff and sediment yield because of landuse change in four watersheds of different scales from 1 km2 to 73 km2 were analyzed. Due to reforestation and farmland terracing, surface runoff and sediment yield reduced by 20-100% and 10-100% respectively. Reductions in surface runoff were differed significantly under different precipitation regimes. For the large watershed (73 km2) landuse change had similar effects on surface runoff regardless of changing of precipitation. For the small watershed (1 km2) landuse change had fewer effects on surface runoff under high precipitation. The relative changes of sediment yield in the four watersheds under reforestation and farmland terracing decreased as precipitation increased from 350 mm to 650 mm, then increased as precipitation increased from 650 mm to 870 mm. Where initial forest coverage rate was below 45%, sediment yield decreased dramatically as forest coverage rate increased. Watershed management with aiming at reducing both surface runoff and sediment yield should be conducted both on sloping surfaces and in channels in large watersheds.  相似文献   

黄土高原典型流域地下水补给-排泄关系及其变化   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

朱芮芮  郑红星  刘昌明 《地理科学》2010,30(1):108-112

基于长序列实测日径流资料,分析了无定河流域的地下水补给-排泄关系。结果表明:①流域多年平均地下水补给量为11.38~15.69 mm,降水入渗补给系数为2.9%~4.4%,基流补给率约为73.6%~86.8%;②就三个分区而言,年均地下水补给模数、降水入渗系数以黄土区最大,河源区次之,风沙区最小;而基流补给率以河源区最大,黄土区次之,风沙区最小;③趋势分析表明,研究区地下水补给量总体呈显著减少趋势,并进一步导致了基流量的减少。但是基流的减少程度高于补给量。  相似文献   

不同施肥对黑河中游边缘绿洲沙地农田玉米产量及土壤硝态氮积累影响的初步研究   总被引：8，自引：3，他引：5  

杨荣  苏永中 《中国沙漠》2010,30(1):110-115

在黑河中游边缘绿洲的沙地农田进行不同施肥对玉米产量及土壤硝态氮积累的试验研究表明,有机肥与化肥配合施用增加作物产量。不同肥料处理,玉米籽粒产量由高到低的顺序依次为NPK3M1（高量氮磷钾肥低量有机肥配施:N-P2O5-K2O-M,300-225-225-15 000 kg·hm-2）>NPK2M2（中量氮磷钾肥中量有机肥配施:N-P2O5-K2O-M,225-135-135-22 500 kg·hm-2）>NPK3（高量氮磷钾肥配施:N-P2O5-K2O-M,300-225-225-0 kg·hm-2）>NP1M3（低量氮磷肥高量有机肥配施:N-P2O5-K2O-M,150-90-0-30 000 kg·hm-2）>NP3（高量氮磷肥配施:N-P2O5-K2O-M,300-225-0-0 kg·hm-2)>NPK1M3（低量氮磷钾肥高量有机肥配施:N-P2O5-K2O-M,150-90-90-30 000 kg·hm-2）>NPK2（中量氮磷钾肥配施:N-P2O5-K2O-M,225-135-135-0 kg·hm-2）>NPK1（低量氮磷钾肥配施:N-P2O5-K2O-M,150-90-90-0 kg·hm-2）>M3（单施有机肥:N-P2O5-K2O-M,0-0-0-30 000 kg·hm-2）。高量氮磷钾肥配合低量有机肥处理玉米产量最高,单施有机肥处理产量最低。与只施有机肥处理相比,各处理产量分别增加37.68%、33.43%、28.32%、25.10%、24.60%、23.84%、21.46%、11.30%。在不施有机肥的3个氮磷钾施肥处理中,玉米产量和氮肥农学利用效率（AE）随施肥量的增加而增加,但当施肥量超过225-135-135 kg·hm-2（N-P2O5-K2O）时,玉米产量和AE不再随施肥量的增加而增加。与不施有机肥处理不同,在氮磷钾配施有机肥的3个处理中,AE随化肥施用量的增加而减少,有机肥的施用使得化肥利用效率增加。不同施肥处理对土壤硝态氮的积累与分布有显著的影响,土壤硝态氮受土壤质地影响主要分布于0~40 cm土壤层次内,与化肥单施相比,有机肥导致土壤中硝态氮的积累。因此,从持续农业发展及保护生态环境等方面考虑,有机无机肥配合施用是增加绿洲农田土壤生产力,维持和提高土壤质量的有效途径,与当地农户普遍采用的施肥量相比,有机无机配施的情况下,适度减少化肥投入33%是合理的施肥对策。  相似文献