Wayne Belcher, Ph.D.
Wayne Belcher is a Hydrologist in the Southern Nevada Hydrologic Studies Unit.
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Comment on “An unconfined groundwater model of the Death Valley Regional Flow System and a comparison to its confined predecessor” by R.W.H. Carroll, G.M. Pohll and R.L. Hershey [Journal of Hydrology 373/3–4, pp. 316–328] Comment on “An unconfined groundwater model of the Death Valley Regional Flow System and a comparison to its confined predecessor” by R.W.H. Carroll, G.M. Pohll and R.L. Hershey [Journal of Hydrology 373/3–4, pp. 316–328]
Carroll et al. (2009) state that the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Death Valley Regional Flow System (DVRFS) model, which is based on MODFLOW, is “conceptually inaccurate in that it models an unconfined aquifer as a confined system and does not simulate unconfined drawdown in transient pumping simulations.” Carroll et al. (2009) claim that “more realistic estimates of water...
Authors
Claudia C. Faunt, Alden M. Provost, Mary C. Hill, Wayne R. Belcher
Death Valley regional groundwater flow system, Nevada and California: Hydrogeologic framework and transient groundwater flow model Death Valley regional groundwater flow system, Nevada and California: Hydrogeologic framework and transient groundwater flow model
A numerical three-dimensional (3D) transient groundwater flow model of the Death Valley region was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S. Department of Energy programs at the Nevada Test Site and at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Decades of study of aspects of the groundwater flow system and previous less extensive groundwater flow models were incorporated and reevaluated together...
Authors
Wayne Belcher, Frank A. D’Agnese, Grady M. O’Brien, Donald S. Sweetkind, Carma A. San Juan, Randell J. Laczniak, Christopher J. Potter, Heather Putnam, Claudia C. Faunt, Joan B. Blainey, Mary C. Hill, M. S. Bedinger, J. R. Harrill
Interbasin flow in the Great Basin with special reference to the southern Funeral Mountains and the source of Furnace Creek springs, Death Valley, California, U.S. Interbasin flow in the Great Basin with special reference to the southern Funeral Mountains and the source of Furnace Creek springs, Death Valley, California, U.S.
Interbasin flow in the Great Basin has been established by scientific studies during the past century. While not occurring uniformly between all basins, its occurrence is common and is a function of the hydraulic gradient between basins and hydraulic conductivity of the intervening rocks. The Furnace Creek springs in Death Valley, California are an example of large volume springs that...
Authors
W.R. Belcher, M. S. Bedinger, J.T. Back, D. S. Sweetkind
Technical Review of Water-Resources Investigations of the Tule Desert, Lincoln County, Southern Nevada Technical Review of Water-Resources Investigations of the Tule Desert, Lincoln County, Southern Nevada
The Nevada State Engineer in Ruling No. 5181 required Lincoln County and Vidler Water Company, Inc., to provide results from additional water-resources studies of Tule Desert in southern Nevada to support water-rights application 64692. As outlined by the ruling, the additional studies were to include the determination of the amount of ground water available from the Tule Desert basin...
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David L. Berger, Keith J. Halford, Wayne R. Belcher, Michael S. Lico
Ground-Water Flow Modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey in Nevada: Uses and Approaches Ground-Water Flow Modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey in Nevada: Uses and Approaches
No abstract available.
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Wayne R. Belcher, Alan H. Welch
Ground-water modeling of the Death Valley Region, Nevada and California Ground-water modeling of the Death Valley Region, Nevada and California
The Death Valley regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS) of southern Nevada and eastern California covers an area of about 100,000 square kilometers and contains very complex geology and hydrology. Using a computer model to represent the complex system, the U.S. Geological Survey simulated ground-water flow in the Death Valley region for use with U.S. Department of Energy projects in...
Authors
W.R. Belcher, C.C. Faunt, D. S. Sweetkind, J.B. Blainey, C. A. San Juan, R. J. Laczniak, M. C. Hill
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Filter Total Items: 18
Comment on “An unconfined groundwater model of the Death Valley Regional Flow System and a comparison to its confined predecessor” by R.W.H. Carroll, G.M. Pohll and R.L. Hershey [Journal of Hydrology 373/3–4, pp. 316–328] Comment on “An unconfined groundwater model of the Death Valley Regional Flow System and a comparison to its confined predecessor” by R.W.H. Carroll, G.M. Pohll and R.L. Hershey [Journal of Hydrology 373/3–4, pp. 316–328]
Carroll et al. (2009) state that the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Death Valley Regional Flow System (DVRFS) model, which is based on MODFLOW, is “conceptually inaccurate in that it models an unconfined aquifer as a confined system and does not simulate unconfined drawdown in transient pumping simulations.” Carroll et al. (2009) claim that “more realistic estimates of water...
Authors
Claudia C. Faunt, Alden M. Provost, Mary C. Hill, Wayne R. Belcher
Death Valley regional groundwater flow system, Nevada and California: Hydrogeologic framework and transient groundwater flow model Death Valley regional groundwater flow system, Nevada and California: Hydrogeologic framework and transient groundwater flow model
A numerical three-dimensional (3D) transient groundwater flow model of the Death Valley region was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S. Department of Energy programs at the Nevada Test Site and at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Decades of study of aspects of the groundwater flow system and previous less extensive groundwater flow models were incorporated and reevaluated together...
Authors
Wayne Belcher, Frank A. D’Agnese, Grady M. O’Brien, Donald S. Sweetkind, Carma A. San Juan, Randell J. Laczniak, Christopher J. Potter, Heather Putnam, Claudia C. Faunt, Joan B. Blainey, Mary C. Hill, M. S. Bedinger, J. R. Harrill
Interbasin flow in the Great Basin with special reference to the southern Funeral Mountains and the source of Furnace Creek springs, Death Valley, California, U.S. Interbasin flow in the Great Basin with special reference to the southern Funeral Mountains and the source of Furnace Creek springs, Death Valley, California, U.S.
Interbasin flow in the Great Basin has been established by scientific studies during the past century. While not occurring uniformly between all basins, its occurrence is common and is a function of the hydraulic gradient between basins and hydraulic conductivity of the intervening rocks. The Furnace Creek springs in Death Valley, California are an example of large volume springs that...
Authors
W.R. Belcher, M. S. Bedinger, J.T. Back, D. S. Sweetkind
Technical Review of Water-Resources Investigations of the Tule Desert, Lincoln County, Southern Nevada Technical Review of Water-Resources Investigations of the Tule Desert, Lincoln County, Southern Nevada
The Nevada State Engineer in Ruling No. 5181 required Lincoln County and Vidler Water Company, Inc., to provide results from additional water-resources studies of Tule Desert in southern Nevada to support water-rights application 64692. As outlined by the ruling, the additional studies were to include the determination of the amount of ground water available from the Tule Desert basin...
Authors
David L. Berger, Keith J. Halford, Wayne R. Belcher, Michael S. Lico
Ground-Water Flow Modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey in Nevada: Uses and Approaches Ground-Water Flow Modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey in Nevada: Uses and Approaches
No abstract available.
Authors
Wayne R. Belcher, Alan H. Welch
Ground-water modeling of the Death Valley Region, Nevada and California Ground-water modeling of the Death Valley Region, Nevada and California
The Death Valley regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS) of southern Nevada and eastern California covers an area of about 100,000 square kilometers and contains very complex geology and hydrology. Using a computer model to represent the complex system, the U.S. Geological Survey simulated ground-water flow in the Death Valley region for use with U.S. Department of Energy projects in...
Authors
W.R. Belcher, C.C. Faunt, D. S. Sweetkind, J.B. Blainey, C. A. San Juan, R. J. Laczniak, M. C. Hill