期刊
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
卷 588, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125111
关键词
Groundwater; Paleoclimate; Isotopes; ITCZ; Recharge; Moisture Source
资金
- Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)
- Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria [WM067C]
- KISR Management
The study attempts to determine paleo recharge sources for two major aquifer units of Kuwait, namely, Kuwait Group Aquifer (KGA), and Dammam Formation (DFm) were collected and analyzed for major ions and isotopes. The obtained results of C-14 ages indicated that the groundwater samples ranged from 31.9 Ky to 3.9 Ky in DFm and 23.3 Ky to 0.8 Ky in KGA. The variations in delta O-18 signatures with respect to age reflected that there were two major sources of rainwater such as enriched southern Indian Ocean monsoon and the depleted northwesterly (Mediterranean) vapor source. The samples found to show variations during the three marine isotopic stages (MIS 1-3), Heinrich events, Bolling-Allerod, and Dryas time periods in both aquifers. A shift in the Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) was witnessed in the groundwater of both aquifers from 7.8 Ky to 4.9 Ky. The variation in the Holocene climate is mainly due to the influence of tropospheric easterly jet governed by the swing in ITCZ , as a result of Holocene volcanism. The mean delta O-18 values of DFm samples (-3.81 parts per thousand) reflect depletion than KGA samples (-2.31 parts per thousand), and the d-excess values were -0.95 parts per thousand and 2.05 parts per thousand respectively. Thus it could be inferred that the DFm was predominantly recharged during Late Pleistocene period and it was in a relatively cooler climate than recharge environment of KGA. The study infers that KGA was recharged between 26 degrees N and 26.8 degrees N latitudes, and that of the DFm was noted to be recharged (south west of Kuwait) in two different patches between 25.8 degrees N and 26.2 degrees N and 26.7 degrees N-27.4 degrees N latitudes during Late Pleistocene. The KGA was concluded to be recharged between 25.5 degrees N and 27.5 degrees N latitudes, south of Kuwait, during Holocene.
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