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Author Kafri, U.; Goldman, M.; Lyakhovsky, V.; Scholl, C.; Helwig, S.; Tezkan, B.
Title The configuration of the fresh–saline groundwater interface within the regional Judea Group carbonate aquifer in northern Israel between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea base levels as delineated by deep geoelectromagnetic soundings Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Journal of Hydrology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 344 Issue 1 Pages 123-134
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Abstract A combined high resolution short offset transient electromagnetic (SHOTEM) and deep sounding, long offset (LOTEM) survey has been carried out along two traverses between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan-Dead Sea Rift (DSR). The DSR is located in the study area some 200–250m below sea level. The measurements detected a deep conductor, the top of which exhibited a regular behavior along the both traverses, declining from the Mediterranean to the DSR base level. The geometry of this geoelectric boundary coincides fairly well with the configuration of a supposed fresh/saline groundwater interface as also obtained by both numerical and physical modeling for the known hydrogeological conditions in the study area. Therefore the detected geoelectric boundary is identified with the interface, supporting the hypothesis of current seawater intrusion into the deep regional aquifers between the Mediterranean and the DSR base levels. The intrusion causes the salination of fresh groundwater within the aquifers as well as the salination of the Sea of Galilee.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Kafri2007 Serial 27
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Author Karistineos, N.; Ioakim, C.
Title Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic evolution of the serres basin (N. Greece) during the miocene Type Journal Article
Year 1989 Publication Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 70 Issue 1-3 Pages 275-285
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Abstract The palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic evolution of the Serres basin from the end of mid-Miocene to the end of the Miocene is examined. Lignites were deposited over a thick sequence of conglomerates and sands. Fossils found in the lignites indicate a lacustrine environment with tropical-subtropical climatic conditions. The climate became progressively drier and only small lakes were reserved during the Messinian salinity crisis. Deposition of lake sediments finally ended with the world-wide Pliocene marine transgression. A correlation of the Serres basin with other lacustrine basins in the Aegean area is attempted.
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ISSN 0031-0182 ISBN Medium
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Karistineos1989 Serial 28
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Author Liu, F.; Wang, S.; Wang, L.; Shi, L.; Song, X.; Yeh, T.-C.J.; Zhen, P.
Title Coupling hydrochemistry and stable isotopes to identify the major factors affecting groundwater geochemical evolution in the Heilongdong Spring Basin, North China Type Journal Article
Year 2019 Publication Journal of Geochemical Exploration Abbreviated Journal
Volume 205 Issue Pages
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Abstract Understanding the interference of natural processes and anthropogenic activities in geochemical evolution of groundwater is vital for groundwater sustainable management in water-stressed regions. This study is devoted to the identification of the main factors controlling the evolution of groundwater chemistry by the combined use of hydrogeochemical indicators along with isotope tracers in the Heilongdong Spring Basin, North China. Thirty-nine groundwater samples and twelve surface water samples were collected, and major ions and stable isotopes were measured during the two campaigns (December 2017 and August 2018). The isotope approach indicates that the groundwater is recharged by precipitation infiltration after evaporation, and interacts with surface water along preferential flow paths in fault zones and karst conduits. Currently, the main chemical facies of groundwater evolve from Ca-HCO3 and Ca-Mg-HCO3 types with low TDS, through Ca-Mg-HCO3-SO4 and Ca-HCO3-SO4 types with moderate TDS, to Ca-SO4, Ca-SO4-Cl and CaCl types with high TDS. Apart from natural processes (involving dissolution/precipitation of minerals, cation exchange, and evaporation) regulating the groundwater quality, the stagnant zones also play a crucial role in the formation of severe localized nitrate contamination. The deterioration in groundwater quality can be attributed to anthropogenic factors (including the change in groundwater exploitation, the leaching of solid waste, and the overuse of agricultural fertilizers). The high loads of agricultural fertilizers in irrigation return flows are likely to be the main contributor of the dissolved nitrate in groundwater. The findings of this work not only have important implications for groundwater sustainable utilization, but also could serve as a template for other rapidly industrialized and water-stressed regions.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Liu2019 Serial 29
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Author Llopis-Albert, C.; Merigó, J.M.; Xu, Y.
Title A coupled stochastic inverse/sharp interface seawater intrusion approach for coastal aquifers under groundwater parameter uncertainty Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Journal of Hydrology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 540 Issue Pages 774-783
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Abstract This paper presents an alternative approach to deal with seawater intrusion problems, that overcomes some of the limitations of previous works, by coupling the well-known SWI2 package for MODFLOW with a stochastic inverse model named GC method. On the one hand, the SWI2 allows a vertically integrated variable-density groundwater flow and seawater intrusion in coastal multi-aquifer systems, and a reduction in number of required model cells and the elimination of the need to solve the advective-dispersive transport equation, which leads to substantial model run-time savings. On the other hand, the GC method allows dealing with groundwater parameter uncertainty by constraining stochastic simulations to flow and mass transport data (i.e., hydraulic conductivity, freshwater heads, saltwater concentrations and travel times) and also to secondary information obtained from expert judgment or geophysical surveys, thus reducing uncertainty and increasing reliability in meeting the environmental standards. The methodology has been successfully applied to a transient movement of the freshwater-seawater interface in response to changing freshwater inflow in a two-aquifer coastal aquifer system, where an uncertainty assessment has been carried out by means of Monte Carlo simulation techniques. The approach also allows partially overcoming the neglected diffusion and dispersion processes after the conditioning process since the uncertainty is reduced and results are closer to available data.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Llopis-Albert2016 Serial 30
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Author Magaritz, M.; Nadler, A.; Kafri, U.; Arad, A.
Title Hydrogeochemistry of continental brackish waters in the southern Coastal Plain, Israel Type Journal Article
Year 1984 Publication Chemical Geology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 159-176
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Abstract The southern Coastal Plain in Israel incorportates a transitional fringe of the desert in which three different chemical types of groundwater are found: (1) near-surface waters from springs along the Besor River course: (2) shallow- to moderate-depth waters from the slightly westward-dipping Pleistocene coastal aquifer (this aquifer, which consists of sandstone layers of the Kurkar Group, is recharged in the Coastal Plain); and (3) deep waters of the westward-dipping Upper Cretaceous Judea Group carbonates, which are recharged in the mountains in the east. A thick aquiclude of Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary rocks separates the Judea Group aquifer from the overlying coastal aquifer in the southern Coastal Plain. Isotopically light oxygen and depleted deuterium characterize the Judea Group waters, as expected from high-altitude recharge. The isotopic composition of the Coastal Plain waters is variable, but for the most part enriched in 18O and D. Within the southern Coastal Plain aquifer a southern subgroup comprises waters more depleted in heavy isotopes than those of either the northern or eastern subgroups. The Besor waters are isotopically similar to the Judea Group waters, reflecting their origin in the mountain region, and flow through the surficial river gravels and sands. It is suggested that leakage of the Besor waters into the underlying southern Coastal Plain aquifer results in mixing of the two water types. The most prominent chemical feature characterizing the groundwater of the southern Coastal Plain is Na+Cl− \textgreater 1. This Na+Cl− ratio can be maintained only by a continuous input from a non-marine source of Na. The most plausible source of this Na is the dissolution of feldspar derived from the windblown loess deposits which cover the area and/or leaching of trona minerals found in the unsaturated zone, combined with base-exchange processes.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Magaritz1984 Serial 31
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