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• TITLE: Protective Capacity Assessment of Vadose Zone Material by Geo-Electrical Method: A Case Study of Pakistan

  AUTHORS: Yawar Hussain, Sadia Fida Ullah, Muhammad Babar Hussain, Hernan Martinez-Carvajal, Abdul Qayyum Aslam

  KEYWORDS: Electrical Sounding, Vulnerability, Dar Zarrouk Parameter, Groundwater, Khizarabad Dairy, Sargodha

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Geosciences, Vol.7 No.5, May 27, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Rapid and poorly managed agricultural landuse in Punjab plain is a major contention in groundwater quality deterioration. This study is focused on the determination of groundwater vulnerability potential of vadose material using geo-electrical method. Total of eight electrical resistivity soundings with Schlumberger electrode configuration are taken near Khizarabad Dairy Form, district Sargodha. The instrument ABEM Terrameter SAS 300 is used for data acquisition. The quantitative interpretation is done by 1D modelling of resistivity soundings by using IX1D software. The results characterize the area into three geo-electrical layers as dry alluvium (15.7 - 32.4 Ωm), saturated alluvium with high resistivity (10 - 20 Ωm) and low resistivity (>10 Ωm). Aquifer vulnerability is assessed by calculating Dar Zarrouk parameter (Longitudinal Conductance) and thickness of vadose zone. Resultant vulnerability is divided into three zones as low (>3.8 siemens) moderate (1.6 - 2.5 siemens) and high (