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DOI 10.1007/s11783-019-1104-9
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Title (Primary) The influence of slope collapse on water exchange between a pit lake and a heterogeneous aquifer
Author Zhang, B.; Zheng, X.; Zheng, T.; Xin, J.; Sui, S.; Zhang, D.
Source Titel Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering
Year 2019
Department ENVINF
Volume 13
Page From art. 20
Language englisch
Keywords Pit lake; Slope collapse; Groundwater–surface water interactions; Numerical simulation
Abstract Due to the increase in open pit mining, pit lakes have become common surface water features, posing a potential risk to subsurface aquifer. In this study, a pit lake–groundwater interaction model is built based on the general program MODFLOW with the LAK3 package. For the first time, the effects of lake-slope collapse and aquifer heterogeneity on pit lake–groundwater interactions are analyzed by dividing the lake into six water exchange zones based on the aquifer lithology and groundwater level. Our investigation and simulations reveal a total water exchange from groundwater to the lake of 349000 m3/a without collapse of the pit lake slope, while the total net water exchange under slope collapse conditions is 248000 m3/a (i.e., a reduction of 1.40-fold). The monthly net water exchange per unit width from groundwater to the lake reaches the largest in April, shifting to negative values in zone IV from June to August and in zone Vin June and July. Moreover, the monthly net water exchange per unit width decreases from north to south, and the direction and magnitude of water exchange are found to depend on the hydraulic gradients between the lake and groundwater and the hydraulic conductivity of the slope collapse.
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Zhang, B., Zheng, X., Zheng, T., Xin, J., Sui, S., Zhang, D. (2019):
The influence of slope collapse on water exchange between a pit lake and a heterogeneous aquifer
Front. Env. Sci. Eng. 13 , art. 20 10.1007/s11783-019-1104-9