Field verification of stream-aquifer interactions : Colorado School of Mines survey field, Golden, Colorado Anderman, Evan R. ; Poeter, Eileen P. Stream measurements -- Colorado -- Golden Groundwater flow -- Colorado -- Golden Seepage "June 1993" "CWRRI Completion Report No. 169" "Grant No. 14-08-0001-2008, Project No. 11" "... was financed in part by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute ..." 128 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-105) The nature of stream/aquifer interactions is determined in a field study on a stream at the Colorado School of Mines survey field in Golden, Colorado. The study measured the temporal and spatial variability during the spring and summer of 1992 of hydraulic parameters controlling stream/aquifer interactions at the streambed level of detail. Included is the determination of the shallow hydraulic gradient directly beneath the stream; measurement using established piesometers and an air permeameter; and, characterization of the streambed. The area was monitored during a variety of conditions. A number of conclusions are drawn regarding the nature of stream/aquifer interactions at the site. The duration of groundwater was found to depend on the amount of precipitation in the area. The response of the groundwater system to precipitation is on the order of days, while the responses to changes in stream stage is almost immediate. The shallow groundwater gradients calculated form the water level data indicates the presence of two groundwater discharge zones at the site. The total reach of stream is generally gaining water form the groundwater system. The range of stream flow velocities observed is fairly uniform and sufficient to transport unconsolidated sediments up to 2 mm in diameter. The grain size distribution was analyzed. Colorado State University. Libraries Colorado Water Resources Research Institute Geological Survey (U.S.) Colorado School of Mines. Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering 1993 text ; image application/pdf COMP169.pdf CCRICWRI100023CRPT eng Completion report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute) ; no. 169 Golden (Colo.) c1993 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
Field verification of stream-aquifer interactions : Colorado School of Mines survey field, Golden, Colorado
Anderman, Evan R. ; Poeter, Eileen P.
Stream measurements -- Colorado -- Golden
Groundwater flow -- Colorado -- Golden
Seepage
"June 1993"
"CWRRI Completion Report No. 169"
"Grant No. 14-08-0001-2008, Project No. 11"
"... was financed in part by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute ..."
128 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-105)
The nature of stream/aquifer interactions is determined in a field study on a stream at the Colorado School of Mines survey field in Golden, Colorado. The study measured the temporal and spatial variability during the spring and summer of 1992 of hydraulic parameters controlling stream/aquifer interactions at the streambed level of detail. Included is the determination of the shallow hydraulic gradient directly beneath the stream; measurement using established piesometers and an air permeameter; and, characterization of the streambed. The area was monitored during a variety of conditions. A number of conclusions are drawn regarding the nature of stream/aquifer interactions at the site. The duration of groundwater was found to depend on the amount of precipitation in the area. The response of the groundwater system to precipitation is on the order of days, while the responses to changes in stream stage is almost immediate. The shallow groundwater gradients calculated form the water level data indicates the presence of two groundwater discharge zones at the site. The total reach of stream is generally gaining water form the groundwater system. The range of stream flow velocities observed is fairly uniform and sufficient to transport unconsolidated sediments up to 2 mm in diameter. The grain size distribution was analyzed.
Colorado State University. Libraries
Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Colorado School of Mines. Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering
1993
text ; image
application/pdf
COMP169.pdf
CCRICWRI100023CRPT
eng
Completion report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute) ; no. 169
Golden (Colo.)
c1993 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute