Study of Hydrogeological Behavior of the Sabzab karstic Spring, NE Khuzestan

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Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

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The Sabzab karst spring, with an annual average discharge of more than 11 m3/s, is the largest karstic springs in Khuzestan province. The spring emerges in the southern part of the great karstic gorge, that cuts the Kamarun Anticline transversely, and in the downstream reservoir of the Karun I dam on the right abutment. In order to investigate hydrogeological characteristics of the karstic aquifer which feeds the spring, discharge hydrographs for water years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 were analyzed. The results have showed that water resources out of the main basin (Kamarun anticline), play an important role in controlling the hydrogeological behaviors of the Sabzab spring.
 

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