Relationship of brines in the Kinnarot Basin, Jordan‐Dead Sea Rift Valley

Möller, P.; Siebert, Christian; Geyer, Stefan; Inbar, Nimrod; Rosenthal, E.; Flexer, A.; Zilberbrand, Michael

doi:10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00353.x

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“…An average value of 1.03 was found in ground water in the Negev (south of Israel), whereas the ratios in rain water, in floods and in the unsaturated zone are lower than 0.25. Based on the stratigraphic column of this region, it can be concluded that Mg-rich saline groundwaters within the northern Lower Jordan Valley (Möller et al, 2011) cause the observed high ratios in the LJR.…”

Section: Ion Ratiosmentioning

confidence: 92%

Water quality and discharge of the Lower Jordan River

Hillel

Geyer

Licha

et al. 2015

Journal of Hydrology

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Section: Ion Ratiosmentioning

confidence: 92%

Water quality and discharge of the Lower Jordan River

Hillel

Geyer

Licha

et al. 2015

Journal of Hydrology

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“…Groundwater that is characterised by (Ca+Mg)/(SO 4 +HCO 3 ) >1 also shows molar Cl/(Na+K) ratios >1, proving the assumption of contribution of residual seawater brines (Möller et al 2011). Not restricted to, but particularly observable during late summer, when Ca, Mg and Cl commonly peak at the same locations, a slightly enhanced contribution of residual brines to the system is indicated.…”

Section: Major Ion Concentrationsmentioning

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The investigation of fault-controlled groundwater recharge within a suburban area of Damascus, Syria

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Al-Mazraa is a heavily populated suburb of Damascus (Syria) with agricultural activity. It is adjacent to the Cretaceous Qassioun Mountain Range, from which it is structurally separated by the Damascus fault. Al-Mazraa waterworks abstracts from a shallow Quaternary aquifer, whose recharge processes are unidentified. The functions of Qassioun Mountain, the Damascus fault, the agricultural activities, the ascending deeper groundwater, and the throughflowing Tora River are not well understood and they are, hence, subject to study. The application of hydrochemical parameters and ratios in combination with signatures of δD and δ 18 O revealed that recharge predominantly occurs in the outcropping Cretaceous rocks through subsurface passages rather than through influent conditions of the Tora River or through direct rainfall. Interestingly, high Na/Cl ratios indicate contact with volcanic rocks which exist within the Cretaceous anticline and also in the subsurface of the studied Quaternary aquifer. Evidence for deeper circulating groundwater is given, since replenishing waters are up to 4°C warmer and have much lower nitrate concentrations than the groundwater in the study area. From these points, it is indicated that the Damascus fault is conductive in respect to groundwater, rather than being impermeable, as it is elsewhere.

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“…The groundwater from springs of Hammat Gader and Himma and from well Mezar 2 define vertical trends, which are only explainable by leaching of Br − from the organic-rich limestones of the B3 aquitard. Mezar 1 and 3 and the low Br − /Cl − samples of all vertical trends suggest a mixing line between Mukheibeh groundwater and evaporated seawater such as the Ha'On brine [32]. A second mixing line is indicated by Ein (Hebrew term for spring) Sahina (ES) and the wells Mukheibeh 1 and 6.…”

Section: Correlations Of Solutes In Yarmouk Groundwatermentioning

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Sources of Salinization of Groundwater in the Lower Yarmouk Gorge, East of the River Jordan

Möller¹,

Lucia²,

Rosenthal³

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In the Lower Yarmouk Gorge the chemical composition of regional, fresh to brackish, mostly thermal groundwater reveal a zonation in respect to salinization and geochemical evolution, which is seemingly controlled by the Lower Yarmouk fault (LYF) but does not strictly follow the morphological Yarmouk Gorge. South of LYF the artesian Mukeihbeh well field produces in its central segment groundwaters of almost pure basaltic-rock type with low contribution (<0.3 vol-%) of Tertiary brine, hosted in deep Cretaceous and Jurassic formations. Further distal, the contribution of limestone water increases originating from the Ajloun Mts. North of the LYF, the Mezar wells, the springs of Hammat Gader and Ain Himma produce dominantly limestone water, which contains 0.14-3 vol-% of the Tertiary brine and possess hence variable salinity. The total dissolved equivalents of solutes gained by water/rock interaction (WRI) and mixing with brine, TDE(WRI+brine), amounts to 10-70 % in the region comprising the Mukheibeh field, Ain Himma and Mezar 3 well, to 55-70 % in the springs of Hammat Gader, and to 80-90 % in wells Mezar 1 and 2. The type of salinization indicates that the Lower Yarmouk fault seemingly acts as the divide between the Ajloun and the Golan Heigths dominated groundwater.

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Relationship of brines in the Kinnarot Basin, Jordan‐Dead Sea Rift Valley

Cited by 21 publications

References 42 publications

Water quality and discharge of the Lower Jordan River

Water quality and discharge of the Lower Jordan River

The investigation of fault-controlled groundwater recharge within a suburban area of Damascus, Syria

Sources of Salinization of Groundwater in the Lower Yarmouk Gorge, East of the River Jordan

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