Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 60, Issue 5, Pages 1055-1063Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0250-y
Keywords
Groundwater; Vulnerability; DRAV model; Tarim Basin
Funding
- National Science and Technology Support Planning Project of China [2007BAD38B01]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [40662002]
- Grand Science and Technology Special Project of Xinjiang [20073117-3]
- Xinjiang Higher Schools [XJEDU2007I13]
- Key Subject Foundation of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Project Foundation of Xinjiang [xjzdxk20080801]
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According to the characteristics of groundwater in arid area, this paper proposes DRAV model for groundwater vulnerability assessment, where D is groundwater depth, R is the net recharge of aquifer, A is the aquifer characteristics, and V is the lithology of vadose zone. As a case study, the paper assesses the vulnerability of pore phreatic water in Tarim Basin of Xinjiang, China by using the DRAV model. The results indicate that the areas of phreatic water with vulnerability index ranges of 2-4, 4-6, 6-8 and > 8 accounting for 10.1, 80.4, 9.2 and 0.2% of the total plain area of the Tarim Basin respectively, and the areas with the latter two vulnerability ranges (6-8 and > 8) are mainly located in the irrigation districts with thin soil layer (20-30 cm thick surface soil of vadose zone, mainly with underlying sandy gravel) and with silty and fine sand layer. Such vadose zone generally lacks sandy loam and clayey soil and has larger recharge by infiltration of irrigation water.
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