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The Gümüşhacıköy Plain is the most productive agricultural area in the central/northern part of Turkey. Although the Quaternary/Pliocene granular deposits beneath the Plain have formed an important aquifer/water resource, excessive pumping in the last two decades, mainly for irrigation, has resulted in a significant depletion of the reservoir with some 30% of the total resource being lost in the last 40 years. The paper reports a groundwater flow model developed to allow the sustainability of the groundwater resource to be monitored such that appropriate measures can be undertaken.
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La plaine de Gümüshaciköy est la région agricole la plus productive de la Turquie du centre-nord. Les dépôts sableux du Pliocène et du Quaternaire de cette plaine constituent un aquifère important. Cependant, des pompages excessifs, durant les deux dernières décennies, réalisés principalement pour l’irrigation, ont eu pour conséquence un rabattement piézométrique significatif, avec près de 30% de la ressource en eau perdus durant les 40 dernières années. L’article présente un modèle hydrogéologique destiné à venir en appui des techniques de surveillance à mettre en œuvre et des mesures de contrôle à prendre, en vue de préserver la ressource en eau.
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Firat Ersoy, A., Gültekin, F. Modeling groundwater flow in the agricultural area of Gümüşhacıköy (Amasya, Turkey). Bull Eng Geol Environ 67, 529–535 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-008-0164-z
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