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Author Stigter, T.Y.; van Ooijen, S.P.J.; Post, V.E.A.; Appelo, C.A.J.; Carvalho Dill, A.M.M. doi  openurl
  Title A hydrogeological and hydrochemical explanation of the groundwater composition under irrigated land in a Mediterranean environment, Algarve, Portugal Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication Journal of Hydrology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 208 Issue (down) 3 Pages 262-279  
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  Abstract In the Campina de Faro, in the south of Portugal, agricultural practices have a large impact on groundwater composition. These practices involve pumping of water for irrigation from combinations of large diameter, shallow wells (noras) and small diameter, deep boreholes (furos). Excess irrigation water returns to the aquifer and mixes with water from the regional groundwater flow system. This irrigation return flow is concentrated by strong evapotranspiration and by flushing of fertilisers. The concentration increase induces cation exchange, whereby Ca on the soil exchanger is replaced by Na. The mixing in the aquifer allows application of a mixing cell model which may then be used to calculate transmissivities from the Cl mass balance. The calculations are complicated by the time-variant behaviour of Cl and the method is adjusted to calculate the change of chloride in time. Results from the calculations appear to be in good agreement with hydrochemical observations.  
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  Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Stigter1998 Serial 38  
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Author Alexakis, D.; Gotsis, D.; Giakoumakis, S. url  doi
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  Title Evaluation of soil salinization in a Mediterranean site (Agoulinitsa district—West Greece) Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Arabian Journal of Geosciences Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8 Issue (down) 3 Pages 1373-1383  
  Keywords Agricultural soil . Soil quality . Soil salinization  
  Abstract Soil salinization is an environmental problem having

significant impacts on the soil–water–plant system. This

problem is more frequent in coastal areas due to seawater

intrusion into the land. Assessing the soil salinization is a

critical issue for the agricultural areas situated in the

Mediterranean basin. This paper examines the deterioration

of soil quality in the cultivated land of a Mediterranean site

(Agoulinitsa district—West Greece). Soil samples were collected

in both pre-irrigation and post-irrigation seasons.

Electrical conductivity (EC), pH and the ions Br−, Ca2+, Cl−,

F−, K+, Li+, Mg2+, Na+, NH4

+, NO2

−, NO3

−, PO4

3− and SO4

2−

were determined by the 1:2 (soil/water ratio on weight basis)

method. The salts which were present in both seasons in the

soils of the area studied are KCl, MgCl2, NaCl, CaSO4 and

K2SO4. The wide spatiotemporal variation of EC in the cultivated

land in both seasons demonstrates that soil salinity is

controlled mainly by seawater intrusion and anthropogenic

factors such as the application of salt-rich water which is

directly pumped from the drainage ditches. Seawater intrusion

provides the affected soil with elevated contents of Ca2+, Cl−,

K+, Mg2+, Na+ and SO4

2−. Classification of the soils by using

criteria given by the literature is discussed. Practices to prevent,

or at least ameliorate, salinization in the cultivated land

of Agoulinitsa district are proposed.
 
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  Call Number THL @ luqianxue.zhang @ Alexakis2015 Serial 42  
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Author El Mandour, A.; El Yaouti, F.; Fakir, Y.; Zarhloule, Y.; Benavente, J. url  doi
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  Title Evolution of groundwater salinity in the unconfined aquifer of Bou-Areg, Northeastern Mediterranean coast, Morocco Type Journal Article
  Year 2007 Publication Environmental Geology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 54 Issue (down) 3 Pages 491-503  
  Keywords Unconfined aquifer, Groundwater salinity, Seawater intrusion, Nitrate pollution, Lagoon, Morocco  Bou-Areg  
  Abstract The Bou-Areg plain in the Mediterranean coast at the North-eastern of Morocco is characterized by a semiarid climate. The aquifer consists of two sedimentary formations of Plio-quaternary age: the upper formation of fine silts and the lower one of coarse silts with sand and gravels. The aquifer is underlain by marly bedrock of Miocene age that dips toward the coastal lagoon of Bou-Areg. The

hydrodynamic characteristics vary between 10–4 and 10–3 m/s; and transmissivities range between 10–4 and 10–1 m2 /s. The general direction of flow is SW to NE, toward the lagoon. The aquifer is crossed by the river Selouane, which also ends in the lagoon. The groundwater is characterized by a high salinity that can reach 7.5 g/l. The highest values are observed in the upstream and in the downstream sectors of the aquifer. The temporal evolution of the physicochemical parameters depends on the climatic conditions and

piezometric variations. The analysis of the spatio-temporal distribution of the physico-chemical parameters suggests different sources of groundwater salinization: the seawater intrusion, the influence of marly gypsum-bearing terrains, and the influence of anthropogenic products as the agricultural fertilizers, which cause great nitrate concentrations that vary between 80 and 140 mg/l.
 
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  Call Number THL @ luqianxue.zhang @ ElMandour2008 Serial 44  
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Author Schmittner, K.-E.; Giresse, P. url  doi
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  Title The impact of atmospheric sodium on erodibility of clay in a coastal Mediterranean region Type Journal Article
  Year 1999 Publication Environmental Geology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 37 Issue (down) 3 Pages 195-206  
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  Abstract  Heavy rainfalls, between 25 and 100 mm·h–1, were simulated on Pliocene/Quaternary sediments. To reproduce the heterogeneity of natural environments, 231 small plots of various sizes (between 2.5 and 3.5 m2; mean: about 3 m2) were used. The duration of all simulations was 1 h. We used water that had been collected during natural rainfall. The concentration of clay particles in the sheet wash depended upon the concentration of dissolved sodium in the wash (for about 42%) and of the sheet wash quantity (for about 37%). Under natural water conditions colloidal matter, like clay minerals, is charged negatively and therefore is destabilized by metal cations such as in the case of Na+. Results suggest that relatively higher concentrations of montmorrillonite were related to higher concentrations of sodium as opposed to illite and kaolinite. Microflakes of up to 25 μ were observed to vary between face-to-edge and face-to-face modes (competition between protons and other cations). The concentration of dissolved sodium (Na+) in the runoff water depends on water and sodium balances such as atmospheric input, infiltration, evaporation and surface water runoff. The reduction of vegetation cover increases the amount of salt and amorphous matter in/on the topsoil between heavy rainfall generations. The best predictor to explain montmorillonite, illite and kaolinite in % of mineral clay-sized matter in the surface water runoff (sheet wash) is the percentage of each clay mineral in the topsoil. As opposed to illite and kaolinite, more sheet wash indicate for montmorillonite relatively higher concentrations in the wash. The results of model simulations were confirmed on different field plots of about 1 ha and small catchments during natural heavy rainfall events. Models can also be used to understand and to better simulate sheet, rill and gully erosion, micropedimentation; and pedimentation.  
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  Call Number THL @ luqianxue.zhang @ Schmittner1999 Serial 53  
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Author Demirel, Z.; Güler, C. url  openurl
  Title Hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in a Mediterranean coastal aquifer, Mersin-Erdemli basin (Turkey) Type Journal Article
  Year 2006 Publication Environmental geology Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 49 Issue (down) 3 Pages 477-487  
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  Abstract In this study, hydrogeologic and hydrochemical information from the Mersin-Erdemli groundwater system were integrated and used to determine the main factors and mechanisms controlling the chemistry of groundwaters in the area and anthropogenic factors

presently affecting them. The PHREEQC geochemical modeling demonstrated that relatively few

phases are required to derive water chemistry in the area. In a broad sense, the reactions responsible for the hydrochemical evolution in the area fall into four categories: (1)

silicate weathering reactions; (2) dissolution of salts; (3) precipitation of calcite, amorphous silica and kaolinite; (4) ion exchange. As determined by multivariate statistical

analysis, anthropogenic factors show seasonality in the area where most contaminated waters related to fertilizer and fungicide applications that occur during early summer season.
 
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  Call Number THL @ luqianxue.zhang @ demirel2006hydrogeochemical Serial 63  
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