Open AccessGroundwater Discharge through Springs with Well-Defined Outlets A Case Study from Jeløya – Moss, S. Norway
Author(s) -
Jens-Olaf Englund,
Knut-Fredrik Meyer
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
hydrology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 2224-7955
pISSN - 1998-9563
DOI - 10.2166/nh.1980.0019
Subject(s) - artesian aquifer , aquifer , brackish water , groundwater , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , spring (device) , surface water , geochemistry , environmental science , oceanography , salinity , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering
From the area of Jeløya - Moss, southern Norway, five springs draining fissured-rock aquifers, and one artesian well draining confined water from a sand and gravel aquifer were studied during the year period 7 June 1977 to 6 June 1978. This study has given valuable information about discharge variations, the amounts of water stored in the aquifers, as well as about the residence-time of the water in the aquifers. The springs are fed from groundwater bodies with chemical compositions close to that of deep circulating groundwaters, 30–100 m below land surface. Brackish water in the artesian well is mainly due to the dissolution of fossil sea salts.
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