Methodology of hydrogeological characterization of deep carbonate aquifers as potential reservoirs of groundwater. Case of study: the Jurassic aquifer of El Maestrazgo (Castellón, Spain)

Mejı́as, Miguel Bruno; García-Orellana, Jordi; Plata, J. L.; Marina, M.; García-Solsona, Ester; Ballesteros, Bruno J.; Masqué, Pere; López, Juan Pedro Rodríguez; Fernández-Arrojo, C.

doi:10.1007/s00254-007-0845-0

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“…1). In agreement with piezometry, the drainage of the aquifer fits with the coastal springs of Sierra de Irta and the coastal plain aquifers (Mejías et al, 2008;Rodellas et al, 2012).…”

Section: Hydrogeological Settingsupporting

confidence: 63%

“…Previous groundwater studies (Ballesteros, 1989;Serrano Orts et al, 1995;Mejías et al, 2008) showed that the subterranean flow is generally NW-SE towards the sea with a hydraulic gradient in the eastern sector of the aquifer of 1-2%. The piezometric head values close to zero along the coast, increase slowly westwards up to 60 m above sea level (a.s.l.)…”

Section: Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…1). This aquifer has been classified as a deep aquifer (Mejías et al, 2008) because the hydraulic gradient and the rapid inland change of topography confine the saturated zone at depths of 450 m from the ground surface in more than half of its area (Ballesteros et al, 2007a).…”

Section: Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Airborne surveys were planned carefully as SGD fluxes change gradually along the hydrological year with a maximum at the end of the wet season (March-April) and a minimum at the end (Mejías et al, 2008)). of the dry season (August-September).…”

Section: Airborne Thermal Infrared Imagingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Methodological study of submarine groundwater discharge from a karstic aquifer in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Mejı́as

Ballesteros

Antón-Pacheco

et al. 2012

Journal of Hydrology

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“…1). In agreement with piezometry, the drainage of the aquifer fits with the coastal springs of Sierra de Irta and the coastal plain aquifers (Mejías et al, 2008;Rodellas et al, 2012).…”

Section: Hydrogeological Settingsupporting

confidence: 63%

Section: Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Hydrogeological Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Airborne Thermal Infrared Imagingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Methodological study of submarine groundwater discharge from a karstic aquifer in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Mejı́as

Ballesteros

Antón-Pacheco

et al. 2012

Journal of Hydrology

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“…The Badum study site, in Peníscola (Castelló, Spain), is an open coastal area corresponding to a well developed karstic structure with high permeability by fissuration and karstification processes (Mejías et al, 2008). The geologic formation that constitutes the littoral aquifer sits at grand depths (Jurassic aquifer of El Maestrat) but it outcrops in the proximity of the coast.…”

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Groundwater and nutrient discharge through karstic coastal springs (<i>Castelló</i>, Spain)

García-Solsona¹,

García-Orellana²,

Masqué³

et al. 2010

Biogeosciences

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Abstract. Discharge of groundwater and associated chemical compounds into coastal karstic regions, which are abundant in the Mediterranean basin, is envisaged to be significant. In this study, we evaluate the groundwater discharge and its nutrient load to the open karstic site of Badum (Castelló, East Spain). Salinity profiles evidenced that groundwater discharge from coastal brackish springs causes a buoyant fresher layer, as identified with thermal infrared images. Chemical tracers (radium isotopes, dissolved inorganic silicate and seawater major elements) have been used to determine a brackish groundwater proportion in coastal waters of 36% in

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Delineating coastal groundwater discharge processes in a wetland area by means of electrical resistivity imaging, ²²⁴Ra and ²²²Rn

Zarroca

Linares

Rodellas

et al. 2013

Hydrological Processes

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Coastal groundwater discharge (CGD) plays an important role in coastal hydrogeological systems as they are a water resource that needs to be managed, particularly in wetland areas. Despite its importance, identifying and monitoring CGD often presents physical and logistical constraints, restraining the application of more traditional submarine groundwater discharge surveying techniques. Here we investigate the capability of electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) in the Peníscola wetland (Mediterranean coast, Spain). ERI surveying made it possible to identify and delineate an ascending regional groundwater flow of thermal and Ra‐enriched groundwater converging with local flows and seawater intrusion. The continuous inputs of Ra‐rich groundwater have induced high activities of Ra isotopes and 222Rn into the marsh area, becoming among the highest previously reported in wetlands and coastal lagoons. Geoelectrical imaging enabled inferring focused upward discharging areas, leaking from the aquifer roof through a confining unit and culminating as spring pools nourishing the wetland system. Forward modelling over idealized subsurface configurations, borehole datasets, potentiometric records from standpipe piezometers, petrophysical analysis, and four natural and independent tracers (224Ra, 222Rn, temperature and salinity) permitted assessing the geoelectrical model and a derived hydrogeological pattern. The research highlights the potential of ERI to improve hydrogeological characterization of subsurface processes in complex contexts, with different converging flows. Additionally, a hydrogeological conceptual model for a groundwater‐fed coastal wetland was proposed, based on the integration of surveying datasets. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Methodology of hydrogeological characterization of deep carbonate aquifers as potential reservoirs of groundwater. Case of study: the Jurassic aquifer of El Maestrazgo (Castellón, Spain)

Cited by 18 publications

References 9 publications

Methodological study of submarine groundwater discharge from a karstic aquifer in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Methodological study of submarine groundwater discharge from a karstic aquifer in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Groundwater and nutrient discharge through karstic coastal springs (<i>Castelló</i>, Spain)

Delineating coastal groundwater discharge processes in a wetland area by means of electrical resistivity imaging, ²²⁴Ra and ²²²Rn

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Methodology of hydrogeological characterization of deep carbonate aquifers as potential reservoirs of groundwater. Case of study: the Jurassic aquifer of El Maestrazgo (Castellón, Spain)

Cited by 18 publications

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Methodological study of submarine groundwater discharge from a karstic aquifer in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Methodological study of submarine groundwater discharge from a karstic aquifer in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Groundwater and nutrient discharge through karstic coastal springs (&lt;i&gt;Castelló&lt;/i&gt;, Spain)

Delineating coastal groundwater discharge processes in a wetland area by means of electrical resistivity imaging, 224Ra and 222Rn

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Groundwater and nutrient discharge through karstic coastal springs (<i>Castelló</i>, Spain)

Delineating coastal groundwater discharge processes in a wetland area by means of electrical resistivity imaging, ²²⁴Ra and ²²²Rn