Recharge and salinization in the Madrid Basin

The purpose of this work was to reinvestigate the existing hydrogeological conceptual model of the basin of Madrid, Spain. A cumulative chemical isotopic diagram which enabled the distinction between different groups of water as well as calculation of the mode of their blending was used for this investigation. It was found that the groups of discharge were lighter in their isotopic composition than that of recharge. The previous explanation of this fact, backed by carbon-14 dating, was the long residence time due to flow lines going down to depths of more than 1000 m. This flow model assumes homogenous conditions to these depths. This assumption can not be supported by evidence from deep wells. Thus a modified model is suggested which maintains homogenous conditions only to about 300 m and a deep confined aquifer below containing paleowater. The higher degree of depletion of this water has been explained by a colder climate on top of an altitude effect. Another interesting observation was the correlation between the isotopic composition of the rains, the month of the rain event and the composition of the recharge group groundwater. It could be seen that the winter rains resemble the groundwater composition, which shows that practically all the spring and summer rains were evapotranspirated.     

Groundwater salinization of the Sfax superficial aquifer,Tunisia

Groundwater salinization has become a crucial environmental problem worldwide and is considered the most widespread form of groundwater contamination. The origin of salinity in the coastal aquifer of the Sfax Basin, Tunisia was investigated by means of chemical analyses of groundwater samples from 65 wells. The groundwater samples present a clear gradation from calcium sulphate salinization to that of sodium chloride. The saturation indices for calcite and gypsum, and binary diagrams of different ions, together with multivariate analysis, indicate the existence of various salinization processes such as: dissolution of gypsum and calcite dispersed through the reservoir rock; ion exchange; intensive agricultural practices that produce effluents that infiltrate to the saturated zone; and sea-water intrusion, enhanced by excessive withdrawal of groundwater.     

Groundwater salinization in the Azores archipelago (Portugal)

Groundwater salinization in coastal regions causes severe constraints to water supply and economic losses to society worldwide. In the Azores archipelago, groundwater abstraction in wells drilled in coastal aquifers is very important for water supply, and quality problems have been reported. Therefore, a groundwater chemistry dataset from wells was compiled to study groundwater salinization in these aquifers. Waters are mainly of the Na–Cl type, presenting a slightly acidic to slightly alkaline character, with a pH between 5.63 and 8.50 (median 7.40). Electrical conductivity measurements range from 127 to 9,670 μS/cm (median 862), suggesting highly variable mineralization, with higher values observed on Santa Maria, São Miguel, Pico, Graciosa, and São Jorge islands. The major-ion composition reflects the contribution of seawater to the groundwater compositional evolution, which is essentially explained by seawater intrusion into wells. In many samples, exchange reactions of Na⁺ + K⁺ for Ca²⁺ + Mg²⁺ are associated with salinization. The seawater fraction in groundwater composition reaches a maximum of 22.5%. These results are extremely challenging to water managers in the Azores because failure to comply with national water quality regulations and with European Union groundwater directive requirements often occurs.     

海原盆地地下水咸化特征和控制因素

地下水是海原盆地唯一的供水水源,近年来部分地区地下水溶解性总固体(TDS)增高,引起了有关部门和水文地质工作者的高度关注。通过分析69组地下水样品的水化学和氢氧稳定同位素数据,对地下水补给来源和咸化的水文地球化学过程进行了研究。结果表明:地下水TDS值198.2~6 436.4 mg/L,沿着地下水流向,咸化程度增加,水化学类型从基岩区的HCO3—Ca·Mg型演化至滞留—排泄区的SO4·Cl—Na·Mg型。地下水补给来源主要为大气降雨和基岩裂隙水侧向径流,补给源—对地下水咸化贡献较小。溶滤作用具空间差异,基岩区和补给区以碳酸盐、硅酸盐风化为主,径流区和滞留—排泄区则为蒸发岩风化,硫酸盐是地下水中阳离子的主要来源。补给水、溶滤和蒸发对第四系地下水TDS的贡献比率分别为4.8%~81.2%、11.9% ~85.9%、1.7%~29.5%,溶滤作用是控制海原盆地地下水咸化的首要因素。当地有关部门应加大对基岩泉水的综合利用,同时注意控制海原县和西安镇等地区地下水开采量,防止地下水进一步咸化。另外,在微咸水分布区可引进地下水去除硫酸盐技术,提高微咸水利用程度。     

电磁感应方法在土壤盐渍化评价中的应用研究

本文应用电磁感应方法(大地电导率探测仪EM38),对新疆焉耆盆地的土壤电导率进行了测量,分析了电磁感应方法所得结果和土样分析结果之间的相关关系,证实了电磁感应方法的有效性.基于电磁感应方法测量的结果,对新疆焉耆盆地土壤盐渍化进行了定性评价.结果表明,在开都河上游,土壤盐渍化程度普遍较轻;在中游地带,灌区内的土壤盐渍化改良取得了一定的成效,土壤中的含盐量较低,但是在远离河谷的非灌区,土壤含盐量依然很高;在下游及靠近博斯腾湖的地区,土壤含盐量普遍较高,并有随深度增加而增加的趋势.     

Effect of hypersaline cooling canals on aquifer salinization

The combined effect of salinity and temperature on density-driven convection was evaluated in this study for a large (28 km²) cooling canal system (CCS) at a thermoelectric power plant in south Florida, USA. A two-dimensional cross-section model was used to evaluate the effects of hydraulic heterogeneities, cooling canal salinity, heat transport, and cooling canal geometry on aquifer salinization and movement of the freshwater/saltwater interface. Four different hydraulic conductivity configurations, with values ranging over several orders of magnitude, were evaluated with the model. For all of the conditions evaluated, aquifer salinization was initiated by the formation of dense, hypersaline fingers that descended downward to the bottom of the 30-m thick aquifer. Saline fingers reached the aquifer bottom in times ranging from a few days to approximately 5 years for the lowest hydraulic conductivity case. Aquifer salinization continued after saline fingers reached the aquifer bottom and coalesced by lateral movement away from the site. Model results showed that aquifer salinization was most sensitive to aquifer heterogeneity, but was also sensitive to CCS salinity, temperature, and configuration.     

ASTER遥感影像数据在土壤盐渍化评价中的应用

本文通过运用ASTER遥感影像数据,对不同地物进行光谱分析,根据不同地物在不同波段的光谱特征曲线,分别提取植被和水体信息,然后进行非监督分类.并结合物探试验和土样分析结果,进行聚类分析,定性和定量的评价了焉耆盆地内土壤盐渍化程度分布状况.评价结果为:在焉耆盆地的平原区内,非盐渍化土壤,457.65km2;轻度盐渍化土壤,335.61 km2;中度～重度盐渍化土壤,580.93 km2;盐土,41.11 km2.根据野外实际调查,评价结果的精度达到了85%以上.     

山东黄河北矿区土壤盐渍化特征分析

为了研究黄河北矿区土壤盐渍化现状及特征,采用野外调查、钻探、现场采样和室内分析测试等手段获取了土壤盐分含量和地下水特征数据,分析了区内土壤盐分含量、空间分布、垂向变化及与浅层地下水的相互关系。结果显示,研究区土壤主要以潜在盐渍土和轻度盐渍土为主,土壤盐分中阴离子以重碳酸根和硫酸根离子为主,阳离子以钠和钙离子为主。土壤垂向上显示表聚性（0～20 cm）,表层盐渍化严重,深部盐渍化程度有所降低。研究区土壤盐渍土与浅层地下水存在内在的自然的直接关系,土壤全盐量与地下水中溶解性总固体(TDS)含量呈明显正相关关系,而与浅层地下水位埋深呈负相关关系。研究区煤炭的开发利用,将加剧和恶化土壤盐渍化程度,煤炭的开采需要合理确定地表塌陷的程度,以此来倒逼煤炭的开采开发模式,从而减缓土壤盐渍化程度。     

Contributions of groundwater conditions to soil and water salinization

 Salinization is the process whereby the concentration of dissolved salts in water and soil is increased due to natural or human-induced processes. Water is lost through one or any combination of four main mechanisms: evaporation, evapotranspiration, hydrolysis, and leakage between aquifers. Salinity increases from catchment divides to the valley floors and in the direction of groundwater flow. Salinization is explained by two main chemical models developed by the authors: weathering and deposition. These models are in agreement with the weathering and depositional geological processes that have formed soils and overburden in the catchments. Five soil-change processes in arid and semi-arid climates are associated with waterlogging and water. In all represented cases, groundwater is the main geological agent for transmitting, accumulating, and discharging salt. At a small catchment scale in South and Western Australia, water is lost through evapotranspiration and hydrolysis. Saline groundwater flows along the beds of the streams and is accumulated in paleochannels, which act as a salt repository, and finally discharges in lakes, where most of the saline groundwater is concentrated. In the hummocky terrains of the Northern Great Plains Region, Canada and USA, the localized recharge and discharge scenarios cause salinization to occur mainly in depressions, in conjunction with the formation of saline soils and seepages. On a regional scale within closed basins, this process can create playas or saline lakes. In the continental aquifers of the rift basins of Sudan, salinity increases along the groundwater flow path and forms a saline zone at the distal end. The saline zone in each rift forms a closed ridge, which coincides with the closed trough of the groundwater-level map. The saline body or bodies were formed by evaporation coupled with alkaline-earth carbonate precipitation and dissolution of capillary salts. Received, May 1998 · Revised, July 1998 · Accepted, September 1998     

博斯腾湖的咸化机理及湖水矿化度稳定性分析

以盐量平衡为基础,把影响湖水咸化的原因分解为水量、矿化度、水面蒸发等咸化因子,从物理机理上解析了各因子之间的相互关系。通过1960-1999年的逐年资料分析,提出盐分交换率概念,定量地阐明了不同时期各因子对湖水矿化度稳定性的影响。在博斯腾湖的不同情景下,推算了湖水矿化度的极限值;从理论上指出博斯腾湖属于微咸湖泊,其稳定矿化度为1.1 g/L,博斯腾湖的咸化原因可归因于人类水土开发活动和气候因素的综合影响。     

银北地区土壤盐渍化形成机理与模拟研究

银北地区位于干旱、半干旱气候带,降水稀少,蒸发强烈,导致本地区土壤盐渍化严重.近年来,由于黄河来水量的逐年减少,引黄灌溉不能满足农业灌溉需求,逐渐开始开采利用地下水.由于银北地区浅层地下水矿化度较高,利用地下水灌溉可能引起次生土壤盐渍化.本文运用PHREEQC模型软件模拟灌溉水与土壤之间的相互作用过程,探讨了土壤盐渍化的形成机理.通过模拟分析得到以下结论:(1)地表水和地下水联合运用是解决银北灌区土壤盐渍化的关键,不同地区采取不同的混合比例,可以实现水资源的高效利用.(2)银北地区灌溉淋洗期间存在蒸发浓缩叠代在2～4次,说明存在轻微蒸发.(3)INVERSE模拟结果说明,银北地区灌溉淋洗期问存在轻微蒸发,水相和固相的相互作用,石膏、白云岩和盐岩溶解,Na+、Ca2+和Mg2+吸附交换,渠水下渗转化为地下水;非灌水期地下水通过毛细管作用强烈蒸发,水相和固相的相互作用,石膏、白云岩和盐岩沉淀,Na+、Ca2+和Mg2+解吸附,使有害盐分氯化物、硫酸盐存留在土壤层中,形成土壤盐渍化.     

Evolution of isotopic compositions in groundwater of the area between the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf

The stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen have been implemented to assess the recharge mechanisms in an area in the UAE bounded to the northwestern part of the Gulf of Oman and the southeastern part of the Arabian Gulf. The conversion of stable isotopes to deuterium excess was utilized as a supportive tool to understand the process of groundwater recharge. The concluding results of this study showed that the origin of moisture is the Mediterranean Sea. The precipitation is the main source of recharge, in which the precipitation having undergone evaporation before recharge occurs. The comparison between regression line for data collected in 1996 and regression line for samples collected in 2006 suggests that the precipitation water which recharged the groundwater, was diluted with groundwater and this dilution is observed from decreasing of the deuterium excess of collected groundwater samples with increasing isotopes of oxygen. The dilution of groundwater with the recharge water suggests modern-day recharge as it is seen from high deuterium excess that exceeded the deuterium excess of LMWL and was close to MMWL.     

黄河三角洲浅层地下水盐分来源及咸化过程研究

黄河三角洲地下水咸化已成为区域最突出的生态环境问题之一。识别地下水补给及盐分来源是有效控制和改善地下水咸化问题的关键。本研究采集了研究区浅层地下水、地表水和海水等不同类型水样,利用离子比、Piper三线图、吉布斯图等方法对八大离子浓度、δD和δ¹⁸O 组成、Br和Sr 浓度等进行地下水补给研究与盐分来源辨析。结果表明:(1)黄河三角洲浅层地下水以总溶解性固体(TDS)为338 g/L的咸水为主,地下水水化学类型较为单一,主要为Cl-Na型。(2)三角洲区域地下水以大气降水补给为主,并且在补给过程中经历了不同程度的蒸发作用的影响,黄河现行流路区域地下水主要来源于河水侧渗补给,但浅层地下水含水层水平渗透性较差限制了黄河侧渗补给范围。(3)海洋是黄河三角洲浅层地下水盐分的主要来源,黄河现行流路区域及近岸地下水盐分来源于海水混合,三角洲北部刁口河等古河道区域地下水盐分主要来源于海相蒸发盐淋滤溶解。     

A defense of the theory of progressive soil salinization in ancient southern Mesopotamia

An explanation is given of the fundamental processes of soil salinization and degradation induced by irrigation of poorly-drained river valleys in arid regions, and of why these processes were practically uncontrollable under the circumstances of ancient Southern Mesopotamia.     

土壤盐渍化与竖井排灌关系研究

以新疆地区为例，分析了该区土壤盐溃化的形成过程、类型及土壤盐渍化的原因。气候、土壤类型以及人为因素是土壤盐渍化形成的主要原因。以塔里木河流域实施竖井排灌工程的成功实例，证明竖井排灌效果。通过对竖井排灌作用机理分析及其与土壤盐渍化的关系研究，论证了在新疆地区采取竖井排灌工程的可行性和必要性。提出竖井排灌和明渠排水相结合的灌溉方式，作到合理开发利用水资源，改善生态环境。     

Sedimentation of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Six years of intensive study of the shallow water sediments of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico have indicated that there are many criteria by which ancient sediments deposited under similar conditions can be recognized. Thus the presence of echinoid fragments and of glauconite-filled Foraminifera tests favors marine shelf deposition over bay deposits; calcareous aggregates and grains of gypsum suggest high salinity bay deposits; abundance of wood fibers, high mica content, ferruginous aggregates, and well laminated sediments all are suggestive of deposition near river mouths; greater roundness distinguishes dunes from adjacent beach sands; and coarser grain size distinguishes beach sands from shallow shelf sands in the vicinity.Faunal assemblages of Foraminifera, Ostracoda, and Mollusca all serve to distinguish between bay and shelf deposits. Within the bays the faunas show a close relationship to salinity conditions whereas on the shelf the faunas are arranged in bands parallel to the shore and to the depth contours. Certain generalizations concerning the relation of faunas to environment can be made without detailed knowledge of the species.Contribution from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, New Series No. 997. Investigation supported by a grant from American Petroleum Institute, Project 51.     

How severely was the Persian Gulf affected by oil spills following the 1991 Gulf War?

Ostracods from 14 surface sediment samples taken from the northwest part of the Persian Gulf (Iranian side) at water depths of 32-54 m were studied to evaluate the environmental pollution caused by oil spills following the 1991 Gulf War. With the exception of two live ostracods, which show no response to the contamination, at least 58 closed carapaces from 18 taxa of herbivorous and sediment-feeding species were found containing dark brown oil. All contaminated specimens were restricted to the uppermost part of the sediments (0.0-0.5 cm). The extent of the impact and the number of affected species varies within the samples. The most heavily contaminated ostracods were encountered in samples 1, 3, 14, 21 and 26 in which 3-5% of the complete carapaces contain oil residues. Compared to a previous sampling in 1965, seven additional ostracod species occur in the modern Persian Gulf. This indicates an intact environmental state prior to the Gulf War.     

Estuarine Foraminifera from the Gulf of Cambay

A low diversity, epifaunal to infaunal Foraminiferal assemblage widely distributed in sand flats, mud flats and marshes along the coastal tracts of the Gulf of Cambay. It is dominated by the species of Ammonia, Rotalidium, Murrayinella, Haynesina, Quinqueloculina, Nonionella, Florilus, Elphidium, Trochammina and Miliammina. A triserial planktonic foraminifer Gallitellia vivans, an indicator of stressed and upwelling areas, is also characteristically present in the sediments of the estuaries. The paper discusses the systematics and distribution of the Foraminiferal species in the macrotidal estuaries of the Gulf of Cambay.