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Groundwater recharge to a sedimentary aquifer in the topographically closed Uley South Basin, South Australia
Authors:Carlos M Ordens  Adrian D Werner  Vincent E A Post  John L Hutson  Craig T Simmons  Benjamin M Irvine
Institution:1. National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
2. School of the Environment, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
3. CVRM, Geo-Systems Centre, Instituto Superior T??cnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract:The chloride mass balance (CMB) and water-table fluctuation (WTF) analysis methods were used to estimate recharge rates in the Uley South Basin, South Australia. Groundwater hydrochemistry and isotope data were used to infer the nature of recharge pathways and evapotranspiration processes. These data indicate that some combination of two plausible processes is occurring: (1) complete evaporation of rainfall occurs, and the precipitated salts are washed down and redissolved when recharge occurs, and (2) transpiration dominates over evaporation. It is surmised that sinkholes predominantly serve to by-pass the shallow soil zone and redistribute infiltration into the deeper unsaturated zone, rather than transferring rainfall directly to the water table. Chlorofluorocarbon measurements were used in approximating recharge origins to account for coastal proximity effects in the CMB method and pumping seasonality was accounted for in the WTF-based recharge estimates. Best estimates of spatially and temporally averaged recharge rates for the basin are 52?C63 and 47?C129?mm/year from the CMB and WTF analyses, respectively. Adaptations of both the CMB and WTF analyses to account for nuances of the system were necessary, demonstrating the need for careful application of these methods.
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