Delineating saline and fresh water aquifers in Tuticorin of southern India by using geophysical techniques

Selvam Sekar (), Jesuraja Kamaraj, Venkatramanan Senapathi (), Chidambaram Sabarathinam, Prasanna Mohan Viswanathan and Sivakumar Karthikeyan
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Selvam Sekar: V.O.Chidambaram College
Jesuraja Kamaraj: V.O.Chidambaram College
Venkatramanan Senapathi: Alagappa University
Chidambaram Sabarathinam: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Prasanna Mohan Viswanathan: Curtin University Malaysia
Sivakumar Karthikeyan: Alagappa University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 12, No 25, 17723-17744

Abstract: Abstract Geo-electrical survey was conducted in a highly industrialized area to delineate the freshwater and saline water aquifers. A total of 30 vertical electrical soundings (VES) were made along the coastal aquifers of Tuticorin, which covers both sedimentary formation and crystalline rocks. By using VES data, GIS was used to create spatial maps for resistivity and thickness at various depths. The results show that Q and H were the dominant curve types in the study area. Q type curves indicate saline water by decreasing resistivity values with respect to depths. In H type curves, low resistivity saline water aquifer was sandwiched between high resistivity topsoil and hard rock at the deeper horizon. The geophysical indicators such as Dar-Zarrouk parameters were calculated using the VES results. The Longitudinal unit conductance (S) values ranged between 0.075 and 7500 S. The transverse unit resistance (T) of the study area varied from 16.06 to 5909.25 Ωm2. The anisotropy (λ) values ranged from 1.00 to 55. Interpretation of data reveals that the saline water intrusion and industrial impact on shallow aquifers were observed in the coastal region of the study area. Few pockets of the freshwater aquifer were also noted in deeper horizons. Since the quality of groundwater was deteriorating, proper management plans will be needed to save this fragile coastal aquifer.

Keywords: VES; Schlumberger; D-Z parameters; Saline water; Fresh water; Demarcation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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