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    Call number: 9/M 07.0421(479)
    In: Geological Society Special Publication, 479
    Description / Table of Contents: Fractured bedrock aquifers have traditionally been regarded as low-productivity aquifers, with only limited relevance to regional groundwater resources. It is now being increasingly recognised that these complex bedrock aquifers can play an important role in catchment management and subsurface energy systems. At shallow to intermediate depth, fractured bedrock aquifers help to sustain surface water baseflows and groundwater dependent ecosystems, provide local groundwater supplies and impact on contaminant transfers on a catchment scale. At greater depths, understanding the properties and groundwater flow regimes of these complex aquifers can be crucial for the successful installation of subsurface energy and storage systems, such as deep geothermal or Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage systems and natural gas or CO2 storage facilities as well as the exploration of natural resources such as conventional/unconventional oil and gas. In many scenarios, a robust understanding of fractured bedrock aquifers is required to assess the nature and extent of connectivity between such engineered subsurface systems at depth and overlying receptors in the shallow subsurface.
    Type of Medium: Monograph available for loan
    Pages: 250 Seiten , Illustrationen
    ISBN: 978-1-78620-401-1
    ISSN: 0305-8719 (Print) , 2041-4927 (ebook)
    Series Statement: Geological Society Special Publication 479
    Language: English
    Note: Contents OFTERDINGER, U., MACDONALD, A. M., COMTE, J.-C. & YOUNG, M. E. Groundwater in fracturedbedrock environments: managing catchment and subsurface resources–an introduction .....1 FOUCHÉ, O., YAO,TH. K., OGA, M.-S. Y. & SORO, N. Typology of hard rock ground waterswithin the Lower Sassandra, a main catchment in humid tropical West Africa .....................................11 COMTE, J.-C., OFTERDINGER, U., LEGCHENKO, A., CAULFIELD, J., CASSIDY,R.&MÉZQUITAGONZÁLEZ, J. A. Catchment-scale heterogeneity offlow and storage propertiesin a weathered/fractured hard rock aquifer from resistivity and magnetic resonance surveys: implications for groundwaterflow paths and the distribution of residence times ........................................................................35 VASSEUR,G.&LACHASSAGNE, P. Evaluation of the geothermal effects caused by the weatheringof crystalline rocks ....................59 MACDONALD,A.M.&DAVIES, J. Fractures in shale: the significance of igneous intrusions forgroundwaterflow .....................................71 DICKSON, N. E. M., COMTE, J.-C., KOUSSOUBE, Y., OFTERDINGER,U.S.&VOUILLAMOZ, J.-M.Analysis and numerical modelling of large-scale controls on aquifer structure andhydrogeological properties in the African basement (Benin, West Africa) .....................................................................................81 PARKER, B. L., CHAPMAN, S. W., GOLDSTEIN,K.J.&CHERRY, J. A. Multiple lines offieldevidence to inform fracture network connectivity at a shale site contaminated with densenon-aqueous phase liquids ..........................................................................101 STROEBEL, D. H., THIART,C.&DEWIT, M. Towards defining a baseline status of scarcegroundwater resources in anticipation of hydraulic fracturing in the Eastern Cape Karoo,South Africa: salinity, aquifer yields and groundwater levels ........................................129 BAIOCCHI, A., LOTTI, F., PISCOPO,V.&SAMMASSIMO, V. Hard-rock aquifer response topumping and sustainable yield of wells in some areas of Mediterranean Region ........................................147 NEWTON, C. J. Fracture and conduit controls on groundwater movementin the Carboniferous Limestone of the eastern Mendip Hills, Somerset, England .........................................................161 KENNEL,J.R.&PARKER, B. L. Acoustic televiewer amplitude data for porosity estimationwith application to porewater conversion ....177 BELLE, P., LACHASSAGNE, P., MATHIEU, F., BARBET, C., BRISSET,N.&GOURRY, J.-C.Characterization and location of the laminated layer within hard rock weathering profilesfrom electrical resistivity tomography: implications for water well siting ..............187 PARKER, B. L., BAIROS, K., MALDANER, C. H., CHAPMAN, S. W., TURNER, C. M.,BURNS, L. S., PLETT, J., CARTER, R.&CHERRY, J. A. Metolachlor dense non-aqueous phaseliquid source conditions and plume attenuation in a dolostone water supply aquifer ................................................................207 ADEKILE,D.&CARTER, R. James Robert Temple Hazell: A Pioneer of African Hydrogeology ...........................................................237 Index .....................................................................................245
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    Publication Date: 2019
    Description: 〈p〉Hard rocks, including crystalline igneous, metamorphic and strongly cemented sedimentary and carbonate rocks cover about 50% of the earth's land surface (〈i〉Singhal and Gupta, 2010〈/i〉). Globally, the volume of groundwater contained in hard rock aquifers is not well constrained (〈i〉Comte et al., 2012〈/i〉), but locally they can be important aquifers (〈i〉MacDonald et al., 2012〈/i〉), albeit with low groundwater storage and poor primary porosity and permeability. Groundwater flow in these hard rocks is commonly observed to be associated with water bearing discontinuities, such as fractures, joints and faults (〈i〉Berkowitz, 2002; Mazurek, 2000; Font-Capo et al., 2012〈/i〉) and in the weathered regolith (〈i〉Wright 1992, Chilton and Foster 1995; Deyassa et al., 2014)〈/i〉. Structural elements such as fault zones also strongly govern the behaviour of these systems (〈i〉Forster and Evans, 1991; Lopez and Smith, 1995, Bense et al., 2013〈/i〉). The nature, abundance, orientation and connectivity of these water-bearing features are largely governed by the history and nature of structural deformation of the bedrock and commonly impose strong anisotropic flow and transport parameters on these bedrock aquifers (〈i〉Hsieh et al., 1985; Bour and Davy, 1997; Mortimer et al., 2011〈/i〉). Weathering processes furthermore lead to an alteration of bedrock composition and associated aquifer properties resulting in enhanced fracture connectivity and an overall vertical stratification/zonation of bulk aquifer properties, ranging from highly altered shallow regolith horizons to more competent sparsely fractured bedrock at depth (〈i〉Dewandel et al., 2006; Krasny and Sharp, 2007; Lachassagne et al., 2011〈/i〉).〈/p〉 〈p〉〈b〉...〈/b〉〈/p〉 〈p〉〈i〉This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract.〈/i〉〈/p〉
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    Publication Date: 2018
    Description: 〈p〉Groundwater pathways and residence times are controlled by aquifer flow and storage properties, which, in weathered/fractured hard rock aquifers, are characterized by high spatial heterogeneity. Building on earlier work in a metamorphic aquifer in NW Ireland, new clay mineralogy and analyses of geophysical data provided high spatial resolution constraints on the variations in aquifer properties. Groundwater storage values derived from magnetic resonance sounding and electrical resistivity tomography were found to largely vary laterally and with depth, by orders of magnitude. The subsequent implementation of hillslope, two-dimensional numerical groundwater models showed that incorporating heterogeneity from geophysical data in model parametrization led to the best fit to observations compared with a reference model based on borehole data alone. Model simulations further revealed that (1) strong spatial heterogeneity produces deeper, longer groundwater flow paths and higher age mixing, in agreement with the mixed sub-modern/modern ages (mostly 〈/p〉
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    Publication Date: 2018
    Description: 〈p〉The metamorphic basement units of the Upper Ouémé watershed in Benin have been investigated to identify the structural controls on aquifer properties, groundwater flow and water balance at large scale. Spatial analysis of borehole and hydrogeophysical data suggests that large-scale weathering profiles, aquifer transmissivity and storage properties are better correlated to a palaeo-weathering surface. Multi-model analysis, combined with assessment of nine transient numerical groundwater models against observations, suggests the best conceptualizations are those where hydraulic conductivity and specific yield are distributed within a weathered zone determined through interpolation of weathered zone thickness. When compared to previous studies, the general groundwater balance of simulated models suggests the groundwater system contributes, on average, 49.8 m〈sup〉3〈/sup〉 s〈sup〉–1〈/sup〉 to the river flow (mostly during the rainy season). The same volumetric flow would be lost to groundwater evapo-transpiration and deep/lateral drainage of the catchment. Borehole abstraction (about 7.5 m〈sup〉3〈/sup〉 s〈sup〉–1〈/sup〉) represents only 6% of the average groundwater recharge and 1% of the average rainfall. This suggests that despite relatively low borehole productivity, the basement aquifer system still has an important unused potential for rural to mid-scale water supply and that, at present, the main external drivers for groundwater resource sustainability are changes in climate and land use.〈/p〉
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    Publication Date: 2018-05-10
    Description: The metamorphic basement units of the Upper Ouémé watershed in Benin have been investigated to identify the structural controls on aquifer properties, groundwater flow and water balance at large scale. Spatial analysis of borehole and hydrogeophysical data suggests that large-scale weathering profiles, aquifer transmissivity and storage properties are better correlated to a palaeo-weathering surface. Multi-model analysis, combined with assessment of nine transient numerical groundwater models against observations, suggests the best conceptualizations are those where hydraulic conductivity and specific yield are distributed within a weathered zone determined through interpolation of weathered zone thickness. When compared to previous studies, the general groundwater balance of simulated models suggests the groundwater system contributes, on average, 49.8 m 3 s –1 to the river flow (mostly during the rainy season). The same volumetric flow would be lost to groundwater evapo-transpiration and deep/lateral drainage of the catchment. Borehole abstraction (about 7.5 m 3 s –1 ) represents only 6% of the average groundwater recharge and 1% of the average rainfall. This suggests that despite relatively low borehole productivity, the basement aquifer system still has an important unused potential for rural to mid-scale water supply and that, at present, the main external drivers for groundwater resource sustainability are changes in climate and land use.
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    Publication Date: 2018-05-12
    Description: Groundwater pathways and residence times are controlled by aquifer flow and storage properties, which, in weathered/fractured hard rock aquifers, are characterized by high spatial heterogeneity. Building on earlier work in a metamorphic aquifer in NW Ireland, new clay mineralogy and analyses of geophysical data provided high spatial resolution constraints on the variations in aquifer properties. Groundwater storage values derived from magnetic resonance sounding and electrical resistivity tomography were found to largely vary laterally and with depth, by orders of magnitude. The subsequent implementation of hillslope, two-dimensional numerical groundwater models showed that incorporating heterogeneity from geophysical data in model parametrization led to the best fit to observations compared with a reference model based on borehole data alone. Model simulations further revealed that (1) strong spatial heterogeneity produces deeper, longer groundwater flow paths and higher age mixing, in agreement with the mixed sub-modern/modern ages (mostly 〈50 years) provided by independent tritium data, and (2) areas with extensive weathering/fracturing are correlated with seepage zones of older groundwater resulting from changes in the flow directions and are likely to act as drainage structures for younger groundwater on a catchment or regional scale. Implications for groundwater resilience to climate extremes and surface pollution are discussed together with recommendations for further research.
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    Publication Date: 2003-07-01
    Print ISSN: 0007-4861
    Electronic ISSN: 1432-0800
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Medicine
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    Publication Date: 2017-03-01
    Print ISSN: 0043-1397
    Electronic ISSN: 1944-7973
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography
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    Publication Date: 2012-11-05
    Description: Regional groundwater flow in high mountainous terrain is governed by a multitude of factors such as geology, topography, recharge conditions, structural elements such as fracturation and regional fault zones as well as man-made underground structures. By means of a numerical groundwater flow model, we consider the impact of deep underground tunnels and of an idealized major fault zone on the groundwater flow systems within the fractured Rotondo granite. The position of the free groundwater table as response to the above subsurface structures and, in particular, with regard to the influence of spatial distributed groundwater recharge rates is addressed. The model results show significant unsaturated zones below the mountain ridges in the study area with a thickness of up to several hundred metres. The subsurface galleries are shown to have a strong effect on the head distribution in the model domain, causing locally a reversal of natural head gradients. With respect to the position of the catchment areas to the tunnel and the corresponding type of recharge source for the tunnel inflows (i.e. glaciers or recent precipitation), as well as water table elevation, the influence of spatial distributed recharge rates is compared to uniform recharge rates. Water table elevations below the well exposed high-relief mountain ridges are observed to be more sensitive to changes in groundwater recharge rates and permeability than below ridges with less topographic relief. In the conceptual framework of the numerical simulations, the model fault zone has less influence on the groundwater table position, but more importantly acts as fast flow path for recharge from glaciated areas towards the subsurface galleries. This is in agreement with a previous study, where the imprint of glacial recharge was observed in the environmental isotope composition of groundwater sampled in the subsurface galleries. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Electronic ISSN: 1099-1085
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography
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