Towards Automatic Fingerprinting of Groundwater Aquifers

Author(s):  
Antonella Di Roma ◽  
Estrella Lucena-Sánchez ◽  
Guido Sciavicco ◽  
Carmela Vaccaro
Keyword(s):  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-212
Author(s):  
Heru Sri Naryanto ◽  
Puspa Khaerani ◽  
Syakira Trisnafiah ◽  
Achmad Fakhrus Shomim ◽  
Wisyanto Wisyanto ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTGeostech Building, as an office and laboratory facility, requires a source of clean water from groundwater related to the limited supply of clean water from the PDAM. Due to the needs of freshwater from groundwater origin, data and information are needed regarding the potential groundwater in the area, including aquifer configuration, depth, and groundwater potential. The presence of groundwater is not distributed through every area, and it's related to the geological and geohydrological conditions. One of the geophysical methods that can describe subsurface is 2D geoelectric methods. This method can distinguish and analyze rock types, geological structures, groundwater aquifers, and other important information based on the characteristics of the electricity of rocks by looking at the value of the type of resistance. In this measurement, the Wenner Alpha configuration has been used, where the arrangement of A-B current electrodes and M-N potential electrodes have constant spacing. From the measurement results, it can be interpreted that there is a low resistivity layer containing porous groundwater as an aquifer. Based on regional geological data, it has been estimated that this layer is in the form of sandy tuff (0-1.5 ohm-m). The exploitation of groundwater with drilling is expected to reach the aquifer's upper layer at depth, starting from 11.5-13 meters. The groundwater aquifer thickness cannot be ascertained because of the penetration of the lower depth of 2D geoelectric measurements truncated by the constraint of a maximum stretch of cable. The upper layer of the aquifer contains a turned layer of fine tufa and medium tuff, which is impermeable, coarse tuff, and mixed soil with varying thickness at the upper layer.Keywords: 2D geoelectric, aquifer, potential groundwater, Geostech  ABSTRAKGedung Geostech sebagai sarana perkantoran dan laboratorium memerlukan sumber air bersih dari air tanah terkait dengan terbatasnya suplai air bersih dari PDAM. Kebutuhan air bersih berasal dari air tanah, maka diperlukan data dan informasi mengenai kondisi potensi air tanah di kawasan tersebut termasuk konfigurasi akuifer, kedalaman, dan potensi air tanahnya. Keberadaan air tanah tidaklah merata untuk setiap tempat dan sangat terkait dengan kondisi geologi dan geohidrologinya. Salah satu metode geofisika yang dapat memberikan gambaran kondisi bawah permukaan adalah dengan metode geolistrik 2D. Metode ini dapat membedakan dan menganalisis jenis batuan, struktur geologi, akuifer air tanah, dan informasi penting lainnya berdasarkan sifat kelistrikan batuan dengan melihat nilai tahanan jenisnya. Dalam pengukuran ini digunakan konfigurasi Wenner Alpha, dimana susunan elektroda arus A dan B dan elektroda potensial M dan N mempunyai spasi yang konstan. Dari hasil pengukuran dapat diinterpretasikan adanya lapisan dengan resistivitas rendah yang mengandung air tanah dan bersifat porous sebagai akuifer. Berdasarkan data geologi regional diperkirakan lapisan ini berupa tuf pasiran (0-1,5 ohm-m). Pengambilan air tanah dengan pemboran diperkirakan akan mengenai batas atas lapisan akuifer pada kedalaman 11,5-13 meter. Ketebalan akuifer air tanah tidak bisa dihitung karena penetrasi kedalaman pengukuran geolistrik 2D terbatasi oleh bentangan elektroda di permukaan. Lapisan di atas akuifer merupakan lapisan selang-seling tuf halus dan tuf sedang yang kedap air, tuf kasar, dan pada bagian paling atas merupakan tanah urugan dengan ketebalan bervariasi.Kata kunci: Geolistrik 2D, akuifer, potensi air tanah, Geostech  


Author(s):  
Ali M. Radwan ◽  
Sayed Bedair ◽  
Khamis Mansour ◽  
kamal Abdelrahman ◽  
Mohamed Rashwan ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Dietmaier ◽  
Thomas Baumann

<p>The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) commits EU member states to achieve a good qualitative and quantitative status of all their water bodies.  WFD provides a list of actions to be taken to achieve the goal of good status.  However, this list disregards the specific conditions under which deep (> 400 m b.g.l.) groundwater aquifers form and exist.  In particular, deep groundwater fluid composition is influenced by interaction with the rock matrix and other geofluids, and may assume a bad status without anthropogenic influences. Thus, a new concept with directions of monitoring and modelling this specific kind of aquifers is needed. Their status evaluation must be based on the effects induced by their exploitation. Here, we analyze long-term real-life production data series to detect changes in the hydrochemical deep groundwater characteristics which might be triggered by balneological and geothermal exploitation. We aim to use these insights to design a set of criteria with which the status of deep groundwater aquifers can be quantitatively and qualitatively determined. Our analysis is based on a unique long-term hydrochemical data set, taken from 8 balneological and geothermal sites in the molasse basin of Lower Bavaria, Germany, and Upper Austria. It is focused on a predefined set of annual hydrochemical concentration values. The data range dates back to 1937. Our methods include developing threshold corridors, within which a good status can be assumed, and developing cluster analyses, correlation, and piper diagram analyses. We observed strong fluctuations in the hydrochemical characteristics of the molasse basin deep groundwater during the last decades. Special interest is put on fluctuations that seem to have a clear start and end date, and to be correlated with other exploitation activities in the region. For example, during the period between 1990 and 2020, bicarbonate and sodium values displayed a clear increase, followed by a distinct dip to below-average values and a subsequent return to average values at site F. During the same time, these values showed striking irregularities at site B. Furthermore, we observed fluctuations in several locations, which come close to disqualifying quality thresholds, commonly used in German balneology. Our preliminary results prove the importance of using long-term (multiple decades) time series analysis to better inform quality and quantity assessments for deep groundwater bodies: most fluctuations would stay undetected within a < 5 year time series window, but become a distinct irregularity when viewed in the context of multiple decades. In the next steps, a quality assessment matrix and threshold corridors will be developed, which take into account methods to identify these fluctuations. This will ultimately aid in assessing the sustainability of deep groundwater exploitation and reservoir management for balneological and geothermal uses.</p>


2016 ◽  
Vol 08 (06) ◽  
pp. 665-686
Author(s):  
Manussawee Hengsuwan ◽  
Monthon Yongprawat ◽  
Klaus Simon ◽  
Bent T. Hansen

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Babeker Elhag

The geology and hydro-geophysical features can aid in identifying borehole location. The study aims to investigate groundwater aquifers and best location of boreholes in the crystalline basement area of Abu Zabad near El Obeid Southwest, Sudan. The study area is underlain by two aquifers formations from Precambrian age. The oldest units of basement complex of area under investigation consist of metamorphic rocks including gneiss, schist, and quartzite.The geophysical methods electromagnetic (EM) and vertical electrical sounding (VES) surveys showed that best aquifers yield for construction of boreholes are in weathering and fractures formation. The EM results revealed that structural features are significant for groundwater potential and interpretation of the VES data also revealed four geo-electric layers, but generally two distinct lithologic layers, which include Superficial deposit and bedrock-basement respectively. The curves generated from the data revealed H curve and HK curve, and thickness of these layers varies from 15 m to 50 m in the area. The aquifer thickness range from 20 m to 30 m. The study concludes that these techniques are suitable for identifying borehole location in the basement rock in Abu Zabad Area Sudan.


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Sedana ◽  
As’ari As’ari ◽  
Adey Tanauma

PEMETAAN AKUIFER AIR TANAH DI JALAN RINGROAD KELURAHAN MALENDENG DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE GEOLISTRIK TAHANAN JENIS ABSTRAK Geolistrik merupakan salah satu metode geofisika yang dimanfaatkan dalam eksplorasi alam bawah permukaan. Prinsip kerja metode geolistrik adalah mempelajari aliran listrik di dalam bumi dan cara mendeteksinya di permukaan bumi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memetakan akuifer Airtanah di Jalan Ringroad Kelurahan Malendeng berdasarkan resistivitas batuan bawah permukaan. Penelitian terdiri dari 4 titik sounding pada 1 lintasan dengan jarak setiap titik 40 meter. Hasil eksplorasi diolah dengan menggunakan software IP2WIN untuk melihat data perlapisan di bawah permukaan tanah berdasarkan nilai resistivitasnya (2D) dan pesebaran titik – titik terdapatnya akuifer Airtanah. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa akuifer Airtanah berada pada daerah yang dekat sungai yaitu pada titik 4 yang memiliki nilai resistivitas rendah kurang dari 123 Ωm. Kata kunci : Geolistrik tahanan jenis, akuifer Airtanah, software IP2WIN.   THE MAPPING OF GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS AT THE RINGROAD MALENDENG VILLAGE BY USING GEOELECTRIC RESISTIVITY METHOD ABSTRACT Geoelectric is a geophysical method that is utilized in natural subsurface exploration. The working principle of geoelectric method is to study the flow of electricity in the earth and how to detect them in the earth's surface. This study aims to map the aquifer Groundwater at the Ringroad Malendeng village based resistivity of the subsurface rocks. The study consisted of four points on 1-sounding track with the distance of each point 40 meters. Exploration results were processed using software IP2WIN to view data subsurface layering based on the value of the resistivity (2D) and  point - the point of the presence of Groundwater aquifers. The results showed that the aquifer Groundwater is the area near the river is at point 4 which has a low resistivity value of less than 123 Ωm. Keywords: Geolistrik resistivity, Groundwater aquifers, IP2WIN software.


Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 482
Author(s):  
Huon L. Clark ◽  
Bruno A. Buzatto ◽  
Stuart A. Halse

Knowledge of subterranean fauna has mostly been derived from caves and streambeds, which are relatively easily accessed. In contrast, subterranean fauna inhabiting regional groundwater aquifers or the vadose zone (between surface soil layers and the watertable) is difficult to sample. Here we provide species lists for a globally significant subterranean fauna hotspot in the Robe Valley of the Pilbara region, Western Australia. This fauna was collected from up to 50 m below ground level using mining exploration drill holes and monitoring wells. Altogether, 123 subterranean species were collected over a distance of 17 km, comprising 65 troglofauna and 58 stygofauna species. Of these, 61 species were troglobionts and 48 stygobionts. The troglofauna occurs in small voids and fissures in mesas comprised mostly of an iron ore formation, while the stygofauna occurs in the alluvium of a river floodplain. The richness of the Robe Valley is not a localized aberration, but rather reflects the richness of the arid Pilbara region. While legislation in Western Australia has recognized the importance of subterranean fauna, mining is occurring in the Robe Valley hotspot with conditions of environmental approval that are designed to ensure species persistence.


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