Groundwater flow and solute transport at the Mourquong saline-water disposal basin, Murray Basin, southeastern Australia

Simmons, Craig T.; Narayan, Kumar A.; Woods, Juliette; Herczeg, Andrew L.

doi:10.1007/s10040-002-0192-x

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“…The slope of 8 of global meteoric water line (GMWL) corresponds to equilibrium fractionation of D and 18 O at 25℃, whereas the intercept of 10 arises due to kinetic evaporation of ocean water at an average humidity of approximately 85% (Clark and Fritz, 1997). Evaporation of water leads to modification of the isotopic compositions of oxygen and hydrogen due to diffusion-induced fractionation during evaporation process (Simmons et al, 2002;Cappa et al, 2003). Different processes such as evaporation, mixing between different water groups and water-rock interactions, may lead to deviate samples from a slope of 8 on δ 18 O and δD plot (Clark and Fritz, 1997;Vengosh et al, 2007).…”

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Evolution of isotopic compositions in groundwater of the area between the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf

Murad

2010

Chin. J. Geochem.

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The stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen have been implemented to assess the recharge mechanisms in an area in the UAE bounded to the northwestern part of the Gulf of Oman and the southeastern part of the Arabian Gulf. The conversion of stable isotopes to deuterium excess was utilized as a supportive tool to understand the process of groundwater recharge. The concluding results of this study showed that the origin of moisture is the Mediterranean Sea. The precipitation is the main source of recharge, in which the precipitation having undergone evaporation before recharge occurs. The comparison between regression line for data collected in 1996 and regression line for samples collected in 2006 suggests that the precipitation water which recharged the groundwater, was diluted with groundwater and this dilution is observed from decreasing of the deuterium excess of collected groundwater samples with increasing isotopes of oxygen. The dilution of groundwater with the recharge water suggests modern-day recharge as it is seen from high deuterium excess that exceeded the deuterium excess of LMWL and was close to MMWL.

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Evolution of isotopic compositions in groundwater of the area between the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf

Murad

2010

Chin. J. Geochem.

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“…This implies that the thermal Rayleigh number of geologic systems may often be less than the critical value required for convection Ra c = 4π 2 , unless high basal heat flow or thick and permeable layers are present. In contrast, the solute Rayleigh number, for example in salt lakes and saline disposal basins, may be of the order of several thousands or higher (van Dam et al 2009;Simmons and Narayan 1998;Simmons et al 2002). The large difference is, for the most part, attributable to the differences in diffusivity for salt and heat, with the thermal diffusivity generally being 2-3 orders of magnitude larger than that of solute diffusivity.…”

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The Onset of Convection in a Strongly Heterogeneous Porous Medium with Transient Temperature Profile

2010

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The effect of heterogeneity of permeability, on the onset of convection in a horizontal layer of a saturated porous medium, uniformly heated from below but with a nonuniform basic temperature gradient resulting from transient heating, is studied analytically using linear stability theory for the case of strong heterogeneity. Two particular situations, corresponding to instantaneous bottom heating and constant-rate bottom heating, are studied. Estimates of the timescale for the development of convection instability are obtained. The case of a strongly nonlinear temperature gradient is studied with the help of a computer package.

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“…The careless disposal of industrial effluents and other wastes may contribute greatly to the poor quality of the water (Chindah et al, 2004;Emangor et al, 2005;Furtada et al, 1998;Karbassi and Shnakar, 1994;Ugochukwu, 2004). Water, the only precious natural resource to mankind is also one of the main drawbacks of the present century (Currie, 1998;Simmons et al, 2002). The changes that occur in the world today due to these drawbacks can also have many positive and negative effects.…”

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Conceptual hydrosalinity model for prediction of salt load from wastewater flows into soil and ground water

Abbaspour

Mirbagheri

Monavvari³

et al. 2009

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Dynamic hydrosalinity models are available, but are not used extensively on a large scale soil which receives wastewater from industrial areas, partly because adequate database are expensive to be obtained. Thus, for this reason, there is an urgent need to assess the salt and other pollutant loads collected in wastewater flows into the soil and/ or ground water systems. A conceptual hydrosalinity model was used on two major underlying principals of mass balance and steady state. This model was initially tested on the 4,117 km 2 plains west of the Yazd-Ardakan district in the central part of Iran. This model was used at a time when the soil and ground water salinity problem was serious due to the high shortage of water. It was possible to calibrate the model with ± 2 % of the flow volume and total dissolved solids of the industrial wastewater discharge from over 2,000 factories. The verification results were 98 % of the measured values. Moreover, this model was tested for the verification of the model data from the analysis of 36 wells' water in the area where industrial wastewater discharge was used. The results showed that most of the indices of total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand are above standard levels. The results of the model can be used for the management practice of the reduction of salt pollutant load in the area to achieve sustainable development for location of industries in the study area.

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Groundwater flow and solute transport at the Mourquong saline-water disposal basin, Murray Basin, southeastern Australia

Cited by 34 publications

References 11 publications

Evolution of isotopic compositions in groundwater of the area between the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf

Evolution of isotopic compositions in groundwater of the area between the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf

The Onset of Convection in a Strongly Heterogeneous Porous Medium with Transient Temperature Profile

Conceptual hydrosalinity model for prediction of salt load from wastewater flows into soil and ground water

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