Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes for the characteristics of groundwater recharge: a case study from the Chih-Pen Creek basin,Taiwan |
| |
| Authors: | Hsin-Fu Yeh Cheng-Haw Lee Kuo-Chin Hsu |
| |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Resources Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan; |
| |
| Abstract: | Assessing the seasonal variation of groundwater recharge is important for effective management of groundwater resources. Stable
isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen were used to estimate the sources of groundwater and seasonal contributions of precipitation
to groundwater recharge in Chih-Pen Creek basin of eastern Taiwan. Based on the isotopes of precipitation (n = 177), two different local meteoric water regression lines (LMWL) can be obtained for the different seasons: δD = 8.0618O + 10.08 for wet season precipitation (May through October) and δD = 8.65δ18O + 17.09 for dry season precipitation (November through April). The slope and intercept of regression line for wet season
precipitation are virtually identical to the global meteoric water line (GMWL) of Craig (1961). In contrast to during dry season precipitation due to evaporation effect the intercept of 17.09 is much higher than of
the GMWL of 10. The results show the stable isotopes compositions of precipitation decrease with increasing rainfall amount
and air temperature, due to the amount effect of precipitation is pronounced. The amount effect is clearly but do not show
the temperature effect from January to December 2007. Using a mass-balance equation, a comparison of deuterium excess or d values of precipitation and groundwater indicates the groundwater consist of 76% wet season precipitation and 24% dry season
precipitation, representing a distinct seasonal variation of groundwater recharge in study area. About 79% of the groundwater
is recharged from the river water of the mountain watershed and 21% is from the rain that falls on the basin. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
