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A poly morphological landform approach for hydrogeological applications in heterogeneous glacial sediments

verfasst von: Knud Erik S. Klint, Bertel Nilsson, Lars Troldborg, Peter Roll Jakobsen

Erschienen in: Hydrogeology Journal | Ausgabe 6/2013

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The ‘poly morphological (PM) concept’ is used to assess geological heterogeneity in glacial sediments and to evaluate groundwater recharge to aquifers, especially those underlying clay till. The novelty of the PM concept is that it enhances the knowledge of, especially, heterogeneity of till units in geological models by using superimposed geomorphological units with typical sediment types related to the individual landforms. The PM concept is demonstrated through the construction of a poly morphological map for Zealand in Denmark and an aggregated map comparing clay-till-thickness distribution within individual PM types. The hydrogeological applicability of the PM concept was tested with a physical-based distributed 3D hydrological model. The aggregated PM map was compared with fracture and redox conditions at 21 field sites to evaluate the PM-type correlation to: (1) till thickness, (2) thickness of the reduced-till zone, and (3) depth to the zone with fracture spacing >1 m The results show that the till thickness is a critical parameter for the formation of fracture networks in clay till, and that fracture density decreases in till thicker than 8–10 m. However, the amount of data is still inadequate for statistically proving the PM concept.

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Titel: A poly morphological landform approach for hydrogeological applications in heterogeneous glacial sediments
verfasst von: Knud Erik S. Klint
Bertel Nilsson
Lars Troldborg
Peter Roll Jakobsen
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2013
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Hydrogeology Journal / Ausgabe 6/2013
Print ISSN: 1431-2174
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-0157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-013-1011-2

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