Etude hydrodynamique et modélisation des écoulements souterrains dans les gouttières synclinales gréseuses du Barrémo-Albo-Aptien d'Aïn Séfra (partie centrale des Monts des Ksour - Atlas Saharien, Nord-Ouest Algérie)

摘要

The Saharan Atlas Mountains, South of Oran includes the ‘Ksour Ridge’, a mountainous region compr ising SW-NEranges. Cretaceous depressions are represented by flat-bottomed synclines overhung by anticlines, mainly Jurassic. Thesandstone formations, so-called Continental Intercalary, of the Ain Sefra region contain an unconfined significant waterresource for dr inking water and ir r igation. The hydrogeological study and identification of aquifers prove the impor tantinterconnection between the Continental Intercalary and the Jurassic aquifers. In a recharge area character ized by a semiaridor an arid climate, therefore a low annual rainfall, effective rainfall is the hardiest item to estimate, as it was demonstrated byclassical monthly hydrological balance computations. The methodology proposed in this work relies on spatial and temporalinterpolations of scarce climatic data. This methodology can be used to determine the recharge flow to aquifers of these zones.The Ain Sefra’s syncline includes the sandstone aquifers of Continental Intercalary and of the Plio-Quaternary layers. Threeyears, with contrasting annual rainfalls, are chosen in this application: 1983 as dry year , 2006 as average year , and 2008 ashumid one. This application requires information about the soil nature, thickness and porosity, the sur face and the altitude ofthe recharge areas. The rainfall and the recharge flow to aquifers indicate that the pr incipal recharge areas are the Jurassicoutcrops, mainly dur ing the humid years, when the annual rainfall exceeds 300 mm. The chemical character istics of waterhave been submitted to different statistical analyses. As a fi rst approach, a pr incipal component analysis (PCA) displayed threeclusters of water cor responding to the three aquifer layers which are exploited. Discr iminant factor analysis (DFA) was usedto character ize the impor tance and to rank the parameters responsible for this high mineralization (between 2000 and 4000mg/ l), namely: system character istics (lithology), structural geology (fault and Tr iassic diapirs). After estimating the effectiverecharge (ranging between 0 for a dry year, and 684 mm/ year for a humid one) and identifying groundwater flow, and inorder to predict the hydrodynamic behavior of Ain Sefra’s syncline, it is essential to implement a mathematical model. Wewere only able to establish the model of the Garet El Kheil hydrogeological unit, given the data unavailability on the other twounits (El Hanjir -Ain Sefra, Ain Sefra-Tiout). We chose a finite difference method in permanent mode to improve knowledge ofthe hydraulic character istics of aquifer , and to evaluate a complete hydrological balance, using the simple and convenient"ASMWIN" code. Exploitation of the model made it possible to determine the impact of the pumped yields, and the weathertrends on the piezometr ic evolution of the aquifer . Two operating scenar ios have been proposed: halving recharge (-50%: 810 6 m 3 / year instead of 16 10 6) and doubling the well’s yield (+100 %: 2.72 10 6 m 3 / year , instead of 1.36 10 6). Weconclude that the groundwater resource is more vulnerable to the climate change than intensive use of aquifers, meaning thatthe aqui fer is underexploited at present.