Clay Translocation in the Artificial Recharge of a Groundwater System in the Southern Zagros Mountains, Iran

Mohammadnia, Mehrdad; Kowsar, Sayyed Ahang

doi:10.1659/0276-4741(2003)023[0050:ctitar]2.0.co;2

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“…This has been observed by other workers as well (Sharma & Tongway, 1973;Hunter et al, 1982). Moreover, translocation, and deposition of clay fractions in this coarse textured soil, even to a depth of 7.5 m, has been reported for this site (Mohammadnia & Kowsar, 2003; See Figure 2). Higher concentrations of soluble salts at the surface layer may be attributed to the uptake and sequestration of nutrient in litter fall and soil organic matter under the canopies.…”

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Changes of Selected Soil Properties in a Floodwater-Irrigated Eucalyptus Plantation in the Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran

Khanmirzaei

Kowsar

Sameni

2011

Arid Land Research and Management

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Changes of Selected Soil Properties in a Floodwater-Irrigated Eucalyptus Plantation in the Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran

Khanmirzaei

Kowsar

Sameni

2011

Arid Land Research and Management

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“…The soil is a loamy sand (coarseloamy over loamy skeletal, carbonatic, (hyper) thermic, Typic Haplocalcids). More details may be found elsewhere (KOWSAR 1991, NADERI et al 2000, MOHAMMADNIA and KOWSAR 2003. This soil covers a 6000 ha debris cone formed by the Bisheh Zard River, an ephemeral stream that drains the Bisheh Zard Basin through the Gareh Bygone Plain into the Shur ("salty" in Farsi) River of Jahrom, and finally, into the Persian Gulf.…”

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Water consumption of a six-year-old river red gum plantation in the Southern Zagros Mountains, Iran

Edraki¹,

Kowsar²,

Mehrbakhsh³

et al. 2007

J. Mt. Sci.

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Water is the most important limiting factor in the development of arid environments; therefore, optimization of water use is a necessity in desert reclamation projects. Evapotranspiration of a 6-year-old river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh.) plantation, located in a sedimentation basin of an artificial recharge of the Gareh Bygone Plain groundwater system in Iran's southern Zagros Mountains, was studied during a 7-month period. A neutron moisture probe was used to monitor soil water changes in the root zone. Soil water depletion following rapid drainage for blocks receiving relatively high, medium and low volumes of floodwater were 809.6, 312.4, and 203.1 mm, respectively, for a 150-day period. Soil water potential during most of the study period was below -1.5 MPa. This study proves that river red gum in not a suitable species for desertification control where water conservation is of vital importance. Flood irrigation of trees on 8 Aug. 1991 provided the opportunity to throw doubt upon the claim of summer dormancy of river red gum.

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“…As a result, decrease of groundwater level throughout Iran due to much extraction of water and digging wells without license is a hurdle that the public agrees on. Only 35 billion m 3 out of 400 billion m 3 of the average annual rainfall in Iran is recharged to the aquifers and the rest becomes unavailable as runoff [1] [2]. Therefore, floodwater management in semiarid areas seems logical in order to solve the water crisis.…”

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Evaluation of Artificial Recharge on Groundwater Using MODFLOW Model (Case Study: Gotvand Plain-Iran)

Chitsazan¹,

Movahedian²

2015

GEP

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The managed recharge of groundwater is a stable and newfound technique which has already produced successful results and is expected to solve many of the problems of water resources, particularly in arid and semiarid areas. The aquifer artificial recharge is considered as a strategy for the improvement and development of groundwater resources and their storage to compensate for the damage to them. In this regard, the advanced models of groundwater offer suitable tools for the management and assessment of aquifers. The main objective of this research is Simulation of Gotvand Plain aquifer using MODFLOW code of GMS software is the primary objective of this research. The other objective is assessing the artificial recharge project of Abbid-Sarbishe located in north of Gotvand. For this purpose, the study area was discretized in GMS software and the initial and boundary conditions were specified. Then, the model was calibrated from September 2009 to August 2010 in an unsteady state during 12 stress periods. After the optimization of hydrogeologic parameters, the model was validated from September 2009 to August 2010 and then it was used to assess the artificial recharge. By analyzing the water budget model, the behavior of piezometers and the observed data, the hydraulic of groundwater was evaluated. The results indicate that artificial recharge has been effective in the western parts of the project and the most effective recharge has occurred during 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 around the piezometer G19. This project has a positive effect on the aquifer, but due to seasonal water-flood spreading, sedimentation, and drought in the past years, its effect is not sufficient.

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Clay Translocation in the Artificial Recharge of a Groundwater System in the Southern Zagros Mountains, Iran

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Cited by 15 publications

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Changes of Selected Soil Properties in a Floodwater-Irrigated Eucalyptus Plantation in the Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran

Changes of Selected Soil Properties in a Floodwater-Irrigated Eucalyptus Plantation in the Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran

Water consumption of a six-year-old river red gum plantation in the Southern Zagros Mountains, Iran

Evaluation of Artificial Recharge on Groundwater Using MODFLOW Model (Case Study: Gotvand Plain-Iran)

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