Saline fresh water interface structure in Mahanadi delta region, Orissa, India |
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Authors: | I Radhakrishna |
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Institution: | (1) National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel: 040-7170141 Fax: 040-7171564, IN |
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Abstract: | Saline/fresh water interface structure is one of the most important and basic hydrogeological parameter that needs to be
estimated for studies related to coastal zone management, well-field design and understanding saline water intrusion mechanism/processes.
The success and stability of a groundwater structure in a coastal region depend upon an accurate estimate of interface structure
between saline and fresh water zones, aquifer-aquiclude boundaries and their lateral continuities and the interstitial water
qualities of aquifers. Self-potential and resistivity logs provide a reasonably good basis for such estimates and for sustainable
development of fresh groundwater resources. The interface depth structure for the Mahanadi delta region, as obtained and interpreted
through self-potential and resistivity logs, provides a fairly clear picture of the regional extensions and boundaries of
aquifers, aquicludes and interstitial water quality patterns. Aquifers in the northern sector of the basin and within the
framework of Birupa and Mahanadi are characterized by an interface depth range that varies between 40 and 280 m below ground
level (bgl) with brackish water on the top underlain by freshwater aquifers. The aquifers in the southern sector within the
framework of Khatjori/Devi and Koyakhai/Daya/Kushbhadra/Bhargavi are characterized by an interface depth range that varies
from 10 to 120 m with freshwater aquifers near the surface underlain by saline, brackish water aquifers. The inversion of
these major fluid systems appears to have taken place over a narrow zone between Mahanadi and Khatjori tributaries, possibly
over a wide subsurface ridge with separate basin characteristics.
Received: 29 November 1999 · Accepted: 2 May 2000 |
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Keywords: | Coastal zone management Fluid inversions Interface structure Mahanadi delta Saline/freshwater |
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