Q-Facies: A tool for the quantitative interpretation of groundwater hydrochemical facies

[EN] This article presents Q-Facies, an open-source Python package for quantitative analysis of hydrochemical facies (HF). HF is widely used to interpret the chemical characteristics of groundwater. However, it is difficult to analyse its spatial or temporal variability due to its qualitative nature...

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Autores: González Jiménez, Miguel, Aguilera Alonso, Héctor, Moreno Merino, Luis, Romero Prados, Amalia
Tipo de recurso: otro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/339314
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/339314
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hydrochemical facies
Hydrochemistry
Variability indices
Spatiotemporal facies analysis
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Sumario:[EN] This article presents Q-Facies, an open-source Python package for quantitative analysis of hydrochemical facies (HF). HF is widely used to interpret the chemical characteristics of groundwater. However, it is difficult to analyse its spatial or temporal variability due to its qualitative nature and the small number of classes. To avoid these limitations, Q-Facies performs the parametrization of HF based on the calculation of five statistical indices on the Piper diagram: Blau, Standard Distance, Area, Shape and Orientation indices. The latter two allow the identification of ongoing facies-modifying hydrochemical phenomena. The software relies on standard Python libraries, and is available as a GitHub repository.