Khảo sát các tầng nước ngầm bán hóa thạch sâu và chưa được biết đến trong lưu vực Kalahari (Châu Phi Nam)

Grundwasser - Tập 23 - Trang 29-45 - 2017
Roland Bäumle1, Thomas Himmelsbach1
1Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover, Deutschland

Tóm tắt

Các tầng nước ngầm bán hóa thạch, khác với các tầng nước hóa thạch, vẫn còn liên kết với chu trình thủy văn và được tái tạo một phần. Tại Châu Phi, các tầng nước này là nguồn cung cấp nước uống quan trọng và vẫn chưa được khai thác hoàn toàn. Ở phần phía bắc của lưu vực Kalahari, hiện tại đang tiến hành khảo sát thủy văn đối với hai tầng nước giếng hở được phát hiện ở độ sâu lớn: tầng nước Ohangwena II (KOH-2) ở khu vực biên giới giữa Angola và Namibia, và tầng nước Lower Kalahari (LKA) ở khu vực Zambezi phía đông bắc Namibia. Đặc điểm thủy văn của KOH-2 được xác định bởi các cấu trúc trầm tích đã được chứng minh dưới dạng một đồng bằng cổ tích, còn của LKA bị ảnh hưởng bởi các quá trình kiến tạo gần đây dọc theo một vùng gãy và các hiện tượng chuyển hướng dòng chảy do xói mòn. Các nghiên cứu về hóa học nước và đồng vị đã chỉ ra rằng trong LKA, một thân nước ngầm ban đầu có độ mặn cao đã dần giảm độ mặn kể từ thời kỳ Pleistocen muộn. Việc khai thác các hệ thống nước ngầm bán hóa thạch như vậy là hoàn toàn phụ thuộc vào việc nghiên cứu các cấu trúc địa chất-kiến tạo và trầm tích.

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