DOI: 10.5194/hess-22-977-2018
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85041723958
论文题名: Hydrological characterization of cave drip waters in a porous limestone: Golgotha Cave, Western Australia
作者: Mahmud K ; , Mariethoz G ; , Baker A ; , Treble P ; C
刊名: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
ISSN: 10275606
出版年: 2018
卷: 22, 期: 2 起始页码: 977
结束页码: 988
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Digital storage
; Graphic methods
; Groundwater
; Groundwater flow
; Lithology
; Porosity
; Statistical methods
; Time series analysis
; Classification scheme
; Coefficient of variation
; Hydrological characterization
; Meteorological condition
; Multi-dimensional scaling
; Multimodal distributions
; Sampling frequencies
; Spatial heterogeneity
; Limestone
; cave system
; climate conditions
; discharge
; fracture zone
; groundwater flow
; infiltration
; karst hydrology
; limestone
; porosity
; porous medium
; vadose zone
; Australia
; Golgotha Cave
; Western Australia
英文摘要: Cave drip water response to surface meteorological conditions is complex due to the heterogeneity of water movement in the karst unsaturated zone. Previous studies have focused on the monitoring of fractured rock limestones that have little or no primary porosity. In this study, we aim to further understand infiltration water hydrology in the Tamala Limestone of SW Australia, which is Quaternary aeolianite with primary porosity. We build on our previous studies of the Golgotha Cave system and utilize the existing spatial survey of 29 automated cave drip loggers and a lidar-based flow classification scheme, conducted in the two main chambers of this cave. We find that a daily sampling frequency at our cave site optimizes the capture of drip variability with the least possible sampling artifacts. With the optimum sampling frequency, most of the drip sites show persistent autocorrelation for at least a month, typically much longer, indicating ample storage of water feeding all stalactites investigated. Drip discharge histograms are highly variable, showing sometimes multimodal distributions. Histogram skewness is shown to relate to the wetter-than-average 2013 hydrological year and modality is affected by seasonality. The hydrological classification scheme with respect to mean discharge and the flow variation can distinguish between groundwater flow types in limestones with primary porosity, and the technique could be used to characterize different karst flow paths when high-frequency automated drip logger data are available. We observe little difference in the coefficient of variation (COV) between flow classification types, probably reflecting the ample storage due to the dominance of primary porosity at this cave site. Moreover, we do not find any relationship between drip variability and discharge within similar flow type. Finally, a combination of multidimensional scaling (MDS) and clustering by k means is used to classify similar drip types based on time series analysis. This clustering reveals four unique drip regimes which agree with previous flow type classification for this site. It highlights a spatial homogeneity in drip types in one cave chamber, and spatial heterogeneity in the other, which is in agreement with our understanding of cave chamber morphology and lithology. © 2018 Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/79408
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作者单位: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, Australia; Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Mahmud K,, Mariethoz G,, Baker A,et al. Hydrological characterization of cave drip waters in a porous limestone: Golgotha Cave, Western Australia[J]. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,2018-01-01,22(2)