Baseflow age distributions and depth of active groundwater flow in a snow‐dominated mountain headwater basin
November 18, 2020
Deeper flows through bedrock in mountain watersheds could be important, but lack of data to characterize bedrock properties limits understanding. To address data scarcity, we combine a previously published integrated hydrologic model of a snow‐dominated, headwater basin of the Colorado River with a new method for dating baseflow age using dissolved gas tracers SF6, CFC‐113, N2, and Ar. The original flow model predicts the majority of groundwater flow through shallow alluvium (
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Title | Baseflow age distributions and depth of active groundwater flow in a snow‐dominated mountain headwater basin |
| DOI | 10.1029/2020WR028161 |
| Authors | Rosemary Carroll, Andrew Manning, Richard Niswonger, David Marchetti, Kenneth Williams |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Water Resources Research |
| Index ID | 70219111 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center |
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