Bruska Mamand, Dana Mawlood

Environmental Isotopes in Groundwater

Investigation of Groundwater Resources in Erbil Basin Using Environmental Isotopes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dashty-Hawler basin is the groundwater aquifer which supplies Erbil City with fresh water. The basin covers an area of 2660 km2 that bounded by greater Zab and little Zab rivers at its north and south respectively. The basin consists of three sub-basins namely, Kapran (720 km2), Central (1315 km2), and Bashtapa (625 km2) constructs Erbil groundwater basin. Since the groundwater in this basin serves as both drinking water and a source of irrigation, its management is extremely crucial. Recently, due to excessive pumping has taken place which has led to a decline in the water table. Accordingly, it is necessary to address the issues of where the groundwater will be recharged and what the source of the recharge will be. For this purpose, water samples from 27 wells and both rivers were taken for analyzing stable and radioactive isotopes. The samples collected in suitable bottles that were well sealed and transported to Devlet Su Isleri (DSI) laboratory at Ankara/turkey. The distribution of oxygen-18 and deuterium isotope values (d18O and dD) over the study area utilized by inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation within ArcGIS version (10.8). The results

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9786207641369
• ISBN-10: 6207641361
• Artikelnr.: 70929949

Autorenporträt

The year 2023 will be too late for isotopes in the Erbil basin. Because isotope technique was never used in this region. Since the groundwater in this basin used for water supply and irrigation, its recharge process is crucial. The main source of recharge is local precipitation in high altitudes affected by Mediterranean sector.