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Author Heaton, T.H.E.
Title Sources of the nitrate in phreatic groundwater in the western Kalahari Type Journal Article
Year 1984 Publication Journal of Hydrology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 67 Issue 1 Pages (up) 249-259
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Abstract Elevated levels of nitrate occur in phreatic groundwater in the western Kalahari, Namibia. Nitrate in water containing 0.4–3.1 meq NO−3l−1, of widespread occurrence, has δ15N values in the range +4.9 to +8.0‰, suggesting natural derivation from the soil. The sporadic occurrence of very high levels of nitrate (> 4 meq NO−3l−1), which has δ15N between +9.3 to +18.7‰, reflects pollution derived from animal waste. The importance of considering the possible isotopic effects of denitrification, and the significance of leaching in the nitrogen budget of the Kalahari soil, are also discussed.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Heaton1984249 Serial 278
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Author Lightfoot, D.R.
Title Moroccan khettara: Traditional irrigation and progressive desiccation Type Journal Article
Year 1996 Publication Geoforum Abbreviated Journal
Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages (up) 261-273
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Abstract A 300 km network of khettara (qanat) subsurface irrigation channels was excavated in the Tafilalt basin beginning in the late 14th century. More than 75 of these chains provided perennial water following the breakup of the ancient city of Sijilmassa. Khettara continued to function for much of the northern oasis until the early 1970s, when new technologies and government policies forced changes. Data on origins, maintenance, and current use were collected from archival sources, aerial photographs, Landsat imagery, and from interviews. Insufficient water resources and unsustainable practices have dramatically lowered the water table, drying up khettara. This has resulted in a loss of local control over water resources, abandonment of a sustainable irrigation system, and progressive desiccation.
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ISSN 0016-7185 ISBN Medium
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Lightfoot1996261 Serial 257
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Author Morin, E.; Grodek, T.; Dahan, O.; Benito, G.; Külls, C.; Jacoby, Y.; Van Langenhove, G.; Seely, M.; Enzel, Y.
Title Flood routing and alluvial aquifer recharge along the ephemeral arid Kuiseb River, Namibia Type Journal Article
Year 2009 Publication Journal of Hydrology Abbreviated Journal
Volume 368 Issue 1-4 Pages (up) 262-275
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Morin2009flood Serial 26
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Author Külls, C.H.; Eichinger, F.; Fader, H.J.; Leistert, H.; Lorenz, G.; Szakacs, E.
Title New Environmental Analytical Techniques to Monitor Carbon Sequestration Type Conference Article
Year 2011 Publication 1st EAGE Sustainable Earth Sciences (SES) Conference and Exhibition Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages (up) 268
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Kuells2011new Serial 47
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Author Vogel, J.C.; Talma, A.S.; Heaton, T.H.E.; Kronfeld, J.
Title Evaluating the rate of migration of an uranium deposition front within the Uitenhage Aquifer Type Journal Article
Year 1999 Publication Journal of Geochemical Exploration Abbreviated Journal
Volume 66 Issue 1 Pages (up) 269-276
Keywords redox changes in aquifer, sandstone-type uranium deposit, South Africa, uranium series
Abstract The solubility of uranium in groundwater is very sensitive to changes in redox conditions. Many secondary (sandstone-type) uranium deposits have been formed when soluble U has precipitated after encountering reducing conditions in the subsurface. In the groundwater of the Uitenhage Aquifer (Cape Province, South Africa), 238U-series isotopes were used to assist in studying the history of the reducing barrier. Uranium isotopes were used to determine the present position of the barrier. Radium and radon were used to evaluate the path of migration that the front of the oxygen depletion zone has taken over the past 105 years. During this time the reducing barrier has moved, leaving in its wake a trail of U in various stages of secular equilibrium with its daughter 230Th. The 226Ra daughter of 230Th is not very mobile. Its growth upon the aquifer wall is reflected in the Rn content of the water. This in turn, due to the relatively great age of the water, indicates the extent of the 230Th ingrowth (from precipitated U) that took place before the barrier migrated.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ vogel_evaluating_1999 Serial 126
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