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DOI | 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.036 |
Modern recharge to fossil aquifers: Geochemical, geophysical, and modeling constraints | |
Sultan, M.1; Metwally, S.2; Milewski, A.1; Becker, D.1; Ahmed, M.1; Sauck, W.1; Soliman, F.3; Sturchio, N.4; Yan, E.5; Rashed, M.3; Wagdy, A.6; Becker, R.7; Welton, B.1 | |
通讯作者 | Sultan, M. |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
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ISSN | 0022-1694 |
出版年 | 2011 |
卷号 | 403期号:1-2页码:14-24 |
英文摘要 | The Nubian Sandstone (NSS) aquifer of northeast Africa is believed to have been recharged in previous wet climatic periods in the Quaternary Period. While this is largely true, we show using the Sinai Peninsula as our test site that the aquifer is locally receiving modern recharge under the current dry climatic conditions. The validity of the advocated model was tested using geophysical (conventional electrical resistivity [ER]) and isotopic (O, H) data, and estimates for modern recharge were obtained using continuous rainfall-runoff modeling over the period 1998-2007. Interpretations of ER profiles are consistent with the presence of unconfined NSS aquifers flooring recharge areas at the foothills of the crystalline basement in Sinai at Baraga (thickness: 20 to >188 m; resistivity: 16-130 Omega m) and Zalaga (thickness: 27 to >115 m; resistivity: 3-202 Omega m). The isotopic composition (delta D: -22.7 to -32.8 parts per thousand; delta O-18: -4.47 to -5.22 parts per thousand) of groundwater samples from wells tapping the NSS aquifer underlying recharge areas is consistent with mixing between two endmembers: (1) fossil groundwater with isotopic compositions similar to those of the Western Desert NSS aquifer (delta D: -72 to -81 parts per thousand; delta O-18: -10.6 to -11.9 parts per thousand), and (2) average modern meteoric precipitation (delta D: -9.84 parts per thousand; delta O-18: -3.48 parts per thousand) in Sinai, with the latter endmember being the dominant component. A first-order estimate for the average annual modern recharge for the NSS aquifer was assessed at similar to 13.0 x 10(6) m(3)/yr using the SWAT (Soil Water Assessment Tool) model. Findings bear on the sustainable exploitation of the NSS aquifer, where the aquifer is being locally recharged, and on the exploitation of similar extensive aquifers that were largely recharged in previous wet climatic periods but are still receiving modest modem meteoric contributions. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Sinai Peninsula Recharge Stable Isotope SWAT Nubian Aquifer Geophysics |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Egypt |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000291520400002 |
WOS关键词 | EASTERN DESERT ; SAUDI-ARABIA ; EGYPT ; GROUNDWATER ; RUNOFF ; WATERS ; PART ; AREA |
WOS类目 | Engineering, Civil ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Water Resources |
WOS研究方向 | Engineering ; Geology ; Water Resources |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/169268 |
作者单位 | 1.Western Michigan Univ, Dept Geosci, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA; 2.Desert Res Ctr, Cairo, Egypt; 3.Suez Canal Univ, Dept Geol, Ismailia, Egypt; 4.Univ Illinois, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Chicago, IL USA; 5.Argonne Natl Lab, Div Environm Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USA; 6.Cairo Univ, Irrigat & Hydraul Engn Dept, Giza, Egypt; 7.Univ Toledo, Dept Environm Sci, Toledo, OH 43606 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sultan, M.,Metwally, S.,Milewski, A.,et al. Modern recharge to fossil aquifers: Geochemical, geophysical, and modeling constraints[J],2011,403(1-2):14-24. |
APA | Sultan, M..,Metwally, S..,Milewski, A..,Becker, D..,Ahmed, M..,...&Welton, B..(2011).Modern recharge to fossil aquifers: Geochemical, geophysical, and modeling constraints.JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY,403(1-2),14-24. |
MLA | Sultan, M.,et al."Modern recharge to fossil aquifers: Geochemical, geophysical, and modeling constraints".JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY 403.1-2(2011):14-24. |
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