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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (03): 565-573.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.03.14

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Hydrochemical Characteristics and Evolution Processes of Deep Groundwater in Hengshui Area

ZHANG Zhenguo1,2(), HE Jiangtao1(), WANG Lei1, PENG Cong1   

  1. 1. School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Geological Survey of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210018, China
  • Received:2017-10-20 Revised:2018-04-11 Online:2018-06-10 Published:2023-09-22
  • Contact: HE Jiangtao

Abstract:

The groundwater depression cone around Hengshui is formed from the over-exploitation of deep groundwater, which changes the original hydrodynamic and hydrochemical fields. Cluster analysis, Piper and Gibbs diagrams, chlor-alkali index and ion correlation method are used to analyze the chemical characteristics and evolution of deep groundwater in the Hengshui area. The results show that the chemical evolution of deep groundwater is substantially influenced by human activities. The study area is divided into the recharge area, runoff area and drainage area using Q-type cluster analysis. A new route of groundwater supply, runoff and drainage, which strengthened the wall rock dissolution, is created with the development of depression cone since the 1970s. Major hydrochemical types of the runoff area have switched from Cl·HCO3-Na, HCO3·Cl-Na and SO4·Cl-Na to SO4·Cl-Na and Cl·SO4-Na, whereas those of the drainage area have switched from Cl·HCO3-Na and Cl-Na to Cl-Na. Gibbs diagrams and ion correlation suggest that the present hydrochemical characteristics of the study area are mainly affected by the wall rock dissolution, cation exchange and decarbonation.

Key words: Hengshui area, groundwater depression cone, hydrochemical characteristic and evolution, dissolution, formation mechanism

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