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Lippert, Klaus and Tezkan, Buelent (2020). On the exploration of a marine aquifer offshore Israel by long-offset transient electromagnetics. Geophys. Prospect., 68 (3). S. 999 - 1016. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1365-2478

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Abstract

The existence of aquifers extending from land beneath the sea floor up to a distance of several kilometres has been observed and examined all over the world. The coastal aquifer of Israel is a heavily used groundwater reservoir which has to be constantly monitored to ensure the drinking water supply. Former land-based electromagnetic measurements show that it is, in several places, blocked to seawater intrusion and is consequently a candidate for submarine extension. Multicomponent long-offset transient electromagnetic measurements were carried out offshore on the coast of Israel. We deployed a 400-m-long grounded dipole as transmitter and several electric and magnetic receivers on the sea floor up to a distance of 4.8 km from the coast. Altogether, we deployed 8 transmitter positions and received data sets at 14 receiver stations onshore and offshore, with offsets of mostly 400 and 800 m. In this paper, we present the survey and 1D Occam and Marquardt inversions of the offshore horizontal electric components in the broadside and inline configuration. In addition, the vertical magnetic component in the broadside position is also considered. Only single inversions, both single offset and single component, were used to detect the aquifer under sea sediments. We prove the submarine existence of the Israeli coastal aquifer up to a distance to the coast of approximately 3.2 to 3.6 km using all measured long-offset transient electromagnetic components. In addition, we present modelling studies with synthetic data derived from a subsurface model adjusted to our survey area with very shallow water from 10 to 50 m. As part of the planning before the survey, a parameter study of the expected subsurface, the examination of the airwave phenomenon and the justification for our 1D inversion strategy are shown. More detailed eigen parameter analyses are added to explain the measured data.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lippert, Klaus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tezkan, Buelent UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-141050
DOI:	10.1111/1365-2478.12875
Journal or Publication Title:	Geophys. Prospect.
Volume:	68
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 999 - 1016
Date:	2020
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1365-2478
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; COASTAL AQUIFER; 1D INVERSION; TIME; SEA; INTRUSION; ALGORITHM; SOUNDINGS; DIPOLE Multiple languages Geochemistry & Geophysics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14105