Parisa Piroozfar; Samad Alipour; Soroush Modabberi; David Cohen
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This study investigated the hydrogeochemistry and environmental water quality of rivers in Sarough watershed using the major ion chemistry and explored multivariate statistical methods for identification of processes which release the solutes in natural waters. Totally, 38 samples were collected along ...
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This study investigated the hydrogeochemistry and environmental water quality of rivers in Sarough watershed using the major ion chemistry and explored multivariate statistical methods for identification of processes which release the solutes in natural waters. Totally, 38 samples were collected along the main streams of the watershed. The mean concentrations of major cations (Na, K, Mg, Ca) and anions (Cl, NO3, CO3, HCO3, SO4) were measured about 15, 4.6, 10.5, 61, 30, 4.49, 89, 156 and 107 mg/l, respectively. The results indicated that the river waters in the Sarough watershed were neutral and fresh water in nature (mean values: pH=7.7 and TDS= 315.8 mg/l). Most of the water samples were categorized in hard and very hard water classes with mean value for TH=197 mg/l and were under-saturated regarding with major carbonates, sulfates and evaporate minerals in most of samples. The major water types were Ca–HCO3–SO4, Ca–Mg–CO3 and Ca–SO4–HCO3. The Na, Cl and NO3 concentration in all water samples fell within the accepted limit of national and international standards for drinking water. Nevertheless, Ca, Mg and SO4 content in some samples were higher than the maximum desirable limits. Schuler diagram showed that majority of the water samples were good and acceptable for drinking. Evaluating the quality of river water for irrigation purposes using Wilcox diagram and SAR, EC and RSC indices indicated that majority of the water samples were suitable for irrigation. The results of multivariate statistical techniques such as correlation coefficient matrix, CA and PCA indicated the strong association between Na-K-Cl-SO4 and Ca-Mg-CO3-TH. It was assumed that weathering of carbonates (limestone/dolomite formations, calcareous marl formation and travertine) in the area were common source of Ca, Mg and HCO3. Also, travertine springs were considered as active point sources which release these elements into the drainage system. Meanwhile, dissolution of halite and gypsum in red marl formations (lower part of Qom F. and Upper Red F.) were the main processes considered as the origin of Na, K, Cl and SO4 in river water of study area.
R Ahmadi Rohany; M.H Karimpour; B Rahimi; A Malakzadeh Shafaroudi
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The studied area is located in east of BajestanTownship, KhorasanRazaviProvince and this region is a part of the Lut Block. Granite is the most important rock in this area with covering approximately 70km2. Processing of satellite data in this area was done by using of SPOT, ASTER and Landsat ETM+ data. ...
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The studied area is located in east of BajestanTownship, KhorasanRazaviProvince and this region is a part of the Lut Block. Granite is the most important rock in this area with covering approximately 70km2. Processing of satellite data in this area was done by using of SPOT, ASTER and Landsat ETM+ data. SPOT images processing and using PCA methods (standard and selective) on the ETM+ data show this intrusive body doesn't have an equal chemical composition. The central part of the intrusive body has distinctive from margin and it seems that the central part have more mafic mineral. For enhancing linear structure, high pass, directional, threshold and sobel filters were applied separately and compositional on the SPOT data. By using these filters linear structures became completely obvious and were vectorized digitally. The most of them show northwestern-southeastern trend. ASTER data processing by spectral angle mapper (SAM), band ratio and band composition methods enhanced epidote, sericite, hematite, argilic and silicified alterations. Processing and Interpretation of airborne geophysical data (potassium, thorium, uranium and total magnetic intensity), which collected by airplane show the amounts of these triple elements (K,U,Th) are high and in vice versa Total Magnetic Intensity data (TMI) is low in this granite. Separating geological boundaries and enhancing major faults are other results from processing of geophysics data. Merging all of the data consist of: satellite and geophysics data processing and field research indicate alteration zones have relation to linear structures in this area. This research specifies the most probability of mineralization presence in this area so that Fe and Cu mineralization conform to epidotic-chloritic and argilic alterations. Introducing favorable area can help us to concentrate exploration activities and next researches in this area and prevent wasting money and time.
