Journal
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
Volume 23, Issue 14, Pages 2012-2022Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7332
Keywords
karst hydrology; hydrogeochemcial characteristics; H and O isotopes; chemical evolution; water-rock interaction; water cycle
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2006CB403202]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [40463001, 40663001]
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Groundwater is a very significant water source used for irrigation and drinking purposes in the karst region, and therefore understanding the hydrogeochemistry of karst water is extremely important. Surface water and groundwater were collected, and major chemical compositions and environmental isotopes in the water were measured in order to reveal the Geochemical processes affecting water quality in the Gaoping karst basin, southwest China. Dominated by Ca2+, Mg2+, HCO3- and SO42-, the groundwater is typically characterized by Ca-Mg-HCO3 type in a shallow aquifer, and Ca-Mg-SO4 type in a deeper aquifer. Dissolution of dolomite aquifer with gypsiferous rocks and dedolomitization in karst aquifers are important processes for chemical compositions of water in the study basin, and produce water with increased Mg2+, Ca2+ and SO42- concentrations, and also increased TDS in surface water and groundwater. Mg2+/Ca2+ molar ratios in groundwater decrease slightly due to dedolomitization, while the mixing of discharge of groundwater with high Mg2+/Ca2+ ratios may be responsible for Mg2+/Ca2+ ratios obviously increasing in surface water, and Mg2+/Ca2+ ratios in both surface water and groundwater finally tending to a constant. In combination with environmental isotopic analyses, the major mechanism responsible for the water chemistry and its geochemical evolution in the study basin can be revealed as being mainly from the water-rock interaction in karst aquifers, the agricultural irrigation and its infiltration, the mixing Of Surface water and groundwater and the water movement along faults and joints in the karst basin. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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