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Journal Article
Water mixing processes in a complex multi-layer hydrosystem in southwestern Madagascar: a combined isotopic and piezometry approach
2023
Overview
Water transfers through a multilayered aquifer system are difficult to characterize. This study explores whether the conceptual model of water mixing at depth can be extrapolated over a hydrosystem extended across several tens of kilometers and including multiple aquifer layers. The processes are investigated using a combination of isotope tracers and piezometric monitoring over 10 years. The goal of this approach is to better understand how water transfer occurs throughout a complex and poorly documented hydrosystem of the Mahafaly Plateau in southwestern Madagascar. The results show a clear smoothing of isotopic variability with depth, associated with a smoothing of the recharge peaks. Isotopic values are strongly variable in the near surface (from -6.8 to -2.5‰ 18O) and stabilize at a critical depth (near 20 m) at around -4.7‰ 18O. These results indicate high vertical flows through the aquifer system, where there is neither obvious dominant recharge via preferential pathways nor lateral mixing. Such a strong smoothing effect on groundwater isotopic variability with depth has been rarely observed so clearly over a large spatial scale. These results provide information on a remote groundwater flow system at a scale pertinent to groundwater resource assessment. The results also indicate that the Neogene aquifers of the Mahafaly Plateau are poorly connected with other water resources (rivers, old sedimentary formations) except for the percolation of water towards the deep Eocene karst. This means that groundwater resources in the Ankazomanga Basin are limited and that it is essential to understand and quantify recharge for sustainable groundwater management.
