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Chemical Characteristics and Formation of Karst Water in Guilin Area, China
Corresponding Author(s) : Hui Qian
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 25 No. 3 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 3
Abstract
In present study, the chemical characteristics and evolution law of the Guilin karst water are reported. The chemical compositions of 74 karst water samples and one local rain water sample were compared and analyzed. The dissolved amounts of minerals and gas in the 74 karst water samples were calculated using mass balance approach. The forming environments of the karst water were analyzed and discussed. The results show that the karst water in this region is formed by the dissolutions of gypsum, calcite, dolomite and atmospheric CO2 on the basis of the chemical compositions of the local rain water and the Guilin karst water is formed in a relatively open environment.
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Y.R. Lu, Geological Rev., 12, 13 (1966) (in Chinese).
J.G. Gu, Water Resour. Hydropower Eng., 51 (1965) in Chinese.
A.F. Pitty, An Approach to the Study of Karst Water, Illustrated by Results from Poole's Cavern, Buxton, Occasional Papers in Geography No. 5, University of Hull (1966).
S.N. Davis, Earth-Sci. Rev., 8, 324 (1972).
Survey Institute of North China, Geotechnical Investigation and Surveying, No. 12, pp. 45-56 (1975) (in Chinese).
H.C. Liu, Hydrogeol. Eng. Geol., 60 (1979) (in Chinese).
V.T. Stringfield and H.E. LeGrand, J. Hydrol., 14, 139 (1971).
V.T. Stringfield, J.R. Rapp and R.B. anders, J. Hydrol., 43, 313 (1979).
H.X. Peng and Y.K. Wu, Carsologica Sin., 2, 117 (1983) (in Chinese).
Y.X. Zhou, Hydrogeol. Eng. Geol., 6 (1987) (in Chinese).
J. Boulègue, M. Benedetti and P. Bildgen, Appl. Geochem., 4, 37 (1989).
K.S. Wang, Chongqing Environ. Protection, 28 (1987) (in Chinese).
N. Simmleit and R. Herrmann, Water Air Soil Pollut., 34, 79 (1987).
E.B. Cao, Carsologica Sin., 5, 15 (1986) (in Chinese).
M.D. Yang, Carsologica Sin., 1, 81 (1982) (in Chinese).
R.A.L. Osborne and D.F. Branagan, Earth-Sci. Rev., 25, 467 (1988).
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J.B. Wang, J. Taiyuan Univ. Technol., 69 (1985) (in Chinese).
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W. Dreybrodt, J. Geol., 98, 639 (1990).
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