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Estimation of regional-scale groundwater flow properties in the Bengal Basin of India and Bangladesh

verfasst von: Holly A. Michael, Clifford I. Voss

Erschienen in: Hydrogeology Journal | Ausgabe 6/2009

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Quantitative evaluation of management strategies for long-term supply of safe groundwater for drinking from the Bengal Basin aquifer (India and Bangladesh) requires estimation of the large-scale hydrogeologic properties that control flow. The Basin consists of a stratified, heterogeneous sequence of sediments with aquitards that may separate aquifers locally, but evidence does not support existence of regional confining units. Considered at a large scale, the Basin may be aptly described as a single aquifer with higher horizontal than vertical hydraulic conductivity. Though data are sparse, estimation of regional-scale aquifer properties is possible from three existing data types: hydraulic heads, ¹⁴C concentrations, and driller logs. Estimation is carried out with inverse groundwater modeling using measured heads, by model calibration using estimated water ages based on ¹⁴C, and by statistical analysis of driller logs. Similar estimates of hydraulic conductivities result from all three data types; a resulting typical value of vertical anisotropy (ratio of horizontal to vertical conductivity) is 10⁴. The vertical anisotropy estimate is supported by simulation of flow through geostatistical fields consistent with driller log data. The high estimated value of vertical anisotropy in hydraulic conductivity indicates that even disconnected aquitards, if numerous, can strongly control the equivalent hydraulic parameters of an aquifer system.

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Titel: Estimation of regional-scale groundwater flow properties in the Bengal Basin of India and Bangladesh
verfasst von: Holly A. Michael
Clifford I. Voss
Publikationsdatum: 01.09.2009
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Hydrogeology Journal / Ausgabe 6/2009
Print ISSN: 1431-2174
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-0157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-009-0443-1

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