Integrated Geoelectrical and Geological Investigation of a Quaternary Paleo-Depositional Environment in the Haripur Basin, Northern Pakistan: Implications for Groundwater System

The deposition in Haripur basin not only provides a contemporary insight into old fluvial depositional sequences of the Himalayan foreland but also sheds light on the important continental depositions in a monsoon controlled foreland system. The present study emphasizes the evaluation of the paleo-d...

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Main Authors: Umair Bin Nisar, Siddique Akhtar Ehsan, Muhammad Farooq, Ramesh Raj Pant, Nangyal Ghani Khan, Faizan Ur Rehman Qaiser, Furqan Mahmud Butt
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Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/1057457
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author Umair Bin Nisar
Siddique Akhtar Ehsan
Muhammad Farooq
Ramesh Raj Pant
Nangyal Ghani Khan
Faizan Ur Rehman Qaiser
Furqan Mahmud Butt
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Siddique Akhtar Ehsan
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description The deposition in Haripur basin not only provides a contemporary insight into old fluvial depositional sequences of the Himalayan foreland but also sheds light on the important continental depositions in a monsoon controlled foreland system. The present study emphasizes the evaluation of the paleo-depositional architecture for sustainable groundwater availability by utilizing a total of four field-based geological observations, eleven boreholes, and fifty-nine vertical electrical sounding (VES) datasets. The acquired surface geological data well correlate with resistivity and borehole data. The derived results of the lithostratigraphic cross-sections and spatial distribution maps reveal three-sided closure depositional. These depositional directions indicate thick successions of coarser sediments near the foothills and interbedded mixture of coarser and finer sediments toward the central and southern parts of the basin. The former conditions provide maximum groundwater yielding capacity for sustainable groundwater supply in the north-eastern and north-western parts of the basin. On the contrary, in the central and southern parts of the basin, the groundwater yielding capacities have drastically decreased due to deposition of finer sediments.
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spelling doaj-art-373b1e45da9f4bf88e07d35792e093192025-08-20T02:07:41ZengWileyGeofluids1468-81232023-01-01202310.1155/2023/1057457Integrated Geoelectrical and Geological Investigation of a Quaternary Paleo-Depositional Environment in the Haripur Basin, Northern Pakistan: Implications for Groundwater SystemUmair Bin Nisar0Siddique Akhtar Ehsan1Muhammad Farooq2Ramesh Raj Pant3Nangyal Ghani Khan4Faizan Ur Rehman Qaiser5Furqan Mahmud Butt6Department of MeteorologyDepartment of PhysicsInstitute of GeologyCentral Department of Environmental ScienceDepartment of Earth SciencesDepartment of Earth SciencesDepartment of MeteorologyThe deposition in Haripur basin not only provides a contemporary insight into old fluvial depositional sequences of the Himalayan foreland but also sheds light on the important continental depositions in a monsoon controlled foreland system. The present study emphasizes the evaluation of the paleo-depositional architecture for sustainable groundwater availability by utilizing a total of four field-based geological observations, eleven boreholes, and fifty-nine vertical electrical sounding (VES) datasets. The acquired surface geological data well correlate with resistivity and borehole data. The derived results of the lithostratigraphic cross-sections and spatial distribution maps reveal three-sided closure depositional. These depositional directions indicate thick successions of coarser sediments near the foothills and interbedded mixture of coarser and finer sediments toward the central and southern parts of the basin. The former conditions provide maximum groundwater yielding capacity for sustainable groundwater supply in the north-eastern and north-western parts of the basin. On the contrary, in the central and southern parts of the basin, the groundwater yielding capacities have drastically decreased due to deposition of finer sediments.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/1057457
spellingShingle Umair Bin Nisar
Siddique Akhtar Ehsan
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Ramesh Raj Pant
Nangyal Ghani Khan
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Furqan Mahmud Butt
Integrated Geoelectrical and Geological Investigation of a Quaternary Paleo-Depositional Environment in the Haripur Basin, Northern Pakistan: Implications for Groundwater System
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title Integrated Geoelectrical and Geological Investigation of a Quaternary Paleo-Depositional Environment in the Haripur Basin, Northern Pakistan: Implications for Groundwater System
title_full Integrated Geoelectrical and Geological Investigation of a Quaternary Paleo-Depositional Environment in the Haripur Basin, Northern Pakistan: Implications for Groundwater System
title_fullStr Integrated Geoelectrical and Geological Investigation of a Quaternary Paleo-Depositional Environment in the Haripur Basin, Northern Pakistan: Implications for Groundwater System
title_full_unstemmed Integrated Geoelectrical and Geological Investigation of a Quaternary Paleo-Depositional Environment in the Haripur Basin, Northern Pakistan: Implications for Groundwater System
title_short Integrated Geoelectrical and Geological Investigation of a Quaternary Paleo-Depositional Environment in the Haripur Basin, Northern Pakistan: Implications for Groundwater System
title_sort integrated geoelectrical and geological investigation of a quaternary paleo depositional environment in the haripur basin northern pakistan implications for groundwater system
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