TY - GEN
T1 - Groundwater level changes and hydrological process in an alluvial fan of an arid area west of China
AU - Gao, Min
AU - Li, Yong Guo
AU - Li, Wei
AU - Chen, Xun Hong
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Groundwater level fluctuations can be affected by a variety of human activities such as, designing the drainage and irrigation of farmland mining and utilizing water resources rationally, mine drainage, reservoir leakage, reservoir backwater and so on. Therefore, it is very important to study the dynamic variation of groundwater in arid areas for improving groundwater resources management strategy. We analyzed the groundwater level data of about 30 years for the Geermu alluvial fan. The paper describes briefly the character of the groundwater level changes and the influencing factors in different parts of the alluvial fan and divides the genetic types of groundwater system. Some characters are derived in natural conditions. Because of the low precipitation condition, the amount of precipitation doesn't affect the dynamic variation of groundwater in the area. The river flowrate (representing the infiltration capacity of river) is the most important factor of causing the fluctuations of groundwater level. However, in the plain areas, the influencing of river diminishes, and the evaporation is the first factor of causing the fluctuations of groundwater level.
AB - Groundwater level fluctuations can be affected by a variety of human activities such as, designing the drainage and irrigation of farmland mining and utilizing water resources rationally, mine drainage, reservoir leakage, reservoir backwater and so on. Therefore, it is very important to study the dynamic variation of groundwater in arid areas for improving groundwater resources management strategy. We analyzed the groundwater level data of about 30 years for the Geermu alluvial fan. The paper describes briefly the character of the groundwater level changes and the influencing factors in different parts of the alluvial fan and divides the genetic types of groundwater system. Some characters are derived in natural conditions. Because of the low precipitation condition, the amount of precipitation doesn't affect the dynamic variation of groundwater in the area. The river flowrate (representing the infiltration capacity of river) is the most important factor of causing the fluctuations of groundwater level. However, in the plain areas, the influencing of river diminishes, and the evaporation is the first factor of causing the fluctuations of groundwater level.
KW - alluvial fan
KW - arid area
KW - genetic types
KW - groundwater level changes
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U2 - 10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5892992
DO - 10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5892992
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960728992
SN - 9781612843377
T3 - ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings of 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection
SP - 250
EP - 253
BT - ISWREP 2011 - Proceedings
T2 - 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection, ISWREP 2011
Y2 - 20 May 2011 through 22 May 2011
ER -