NS009
Mountain-Sourced Recharge Into Groundwater Systems: Insights Gained From Geophysics and Hydrogeochemistry

Session ID#: 73950

Session Description:
Groundwater recharge in mountain regions supports local alpine and subalpine hydrological processes and acts to replenish water in adjacent valley aquifers. Subsurface mountain hydrologic systems are not only limited to the thin mantle of soil, but also include weathering bedrock and glacial deposits that host movement of groundwater through faults, fractures, and in certain cases, through the rock matrix. Visualizing these flow paths and tracking volumes of snowmelt and/or rainfall partitioned to shallow storage, deep storage, or downgradient recharge is important for closing water budgets, water resources planning and management, and groundwater modeling.  This session focuses on advancements in tracking mountain-sourced recharge in groundwater systems using either geophysical imaging, hydrogeochemical measurements - or a combination of methods – at scales ranging from hillslopes, to catchments, to mountain block recharge. We encourage submissions focused on both method development as well as new process understandings using remote sensing, in-situ observations, and modeling.
Co-Organized:
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

0740 Snowmelt [CRYOSPHERE]
0994 Instruments and techniques [EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1835 Hydrogeophysics [HYDROLOGY]

Primary Convener:  Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Conveners:  Hoori Ajami, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, Rosemary J Knight, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, United States and Laurie Huning, University of California, Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
 
Effects of montane surface water development on fractured rock aquifer recharge during drought, Sierra Nevada foothills, northern California (487844)
Zeno Levy and Miranda S Fram, USGS, Sacramento, CA, United States
 
How complex should a Groundwater flow be to make reliable predictions; Transient flow dynamics in a piedemountain aquifer on the Columbia Plateau (492466)
Giacomo Medici, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, United States and Nick Engdahl, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States
 
Geophysical Survey of Blacktail Creek Beaver Mimicry Site near Butte, Montana (502817)
Rachel Hadley1, Marvin Andrew Speece1, Mohamed Ahmed Khalil1, Glenn D Shaw2 and Robert Pal3, (1)Montana Technological University, Geophysics Department, Butte, MT, United States, (2)Montana Technological University, Geological Engineering Department, Butte, MT, United States, (3)Montana Technological University, Biological Sciences Department, Butte, MT, United States
 
Investigation of the geometry and predominant flow patterns of a proglacial alluvial forefield using electrical geophysical methods (505326)
Emily Voytek, Tom Müller, Stuart N Lane and James Irving, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
 
Joint Rock Physics Inversion of Time-lapse ERT and Seismic Refraction to Map Porosity and Track Changes in Water Saturation on a Mountain Hillslope (508131)
Natalie Y Smeltz1, Mohit Ayani2, Andy Parsekian3, Dario Grana3 and Thijs Kelleners3, (1)Student, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
 
Hillslope scale subsurface flow dynamics assessed by near-surface geophysical methods (508360)
Felipe dos Anjos Neves Sr1, Mark Pleasants2, Andy Parsekian1 and Thijs Kelleners1, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Dayton, Granville, OH, United States
 
Near-surface Hydrologic Investigations of Pleistocene lakes within the Valles Caldera, New Mexico (527815)
Oliver Azevedo, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Alejandro Argueta, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico, Peter Boateng, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States, Cristian Clothier, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, United States, Daniel Ciraula, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, Tanner Hayes, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States, Mingkhwan Kruachanta, Chiang Mai University, Chiangmai, Thailand, Allison Saltz, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, Andrea Creighton, University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States, Paul Bedrosian, USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO, United States, John F Ferguson, Univ of Texas - Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States and Shari Kelley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, United States
 
Tracking Recharge and Groundwater Flow on Sonoma Mountain Using Geophysical Imaging (546767)
Lawrence Martin Thompson1, Robin Glas2, Denise Nicole Burgett1 and Mathew O'Donnell3, (1)Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, United States, (2)Sonoma State University, Geology, Rohnert Park, CA, United States, (3)Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, United States
 
Groundwater Storage and Recharge Distribution in a Subalpine Meadow of the Sierra Nevada, CA (548218)
Denise Nicole Burgett1, Robin Glas2, Lawrence Martin Thompson1 and Rachel Hutchinson3, (1)Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, United States, (2)Sonoma State University, Geology, Rohnert Park, CA, United States, (3)SYRCL, Nevada City, United States
 
Using Near Surface Geophysics and Remote Sensing to Understand Hydrogeologic Controls on Recharge to Tropical Glaciated Valleys: Cordillera Blanca, Peru (Invited) (554415)
Robin Glas, Sonoma State University, Geology, Rohnert Park, CA, United States
 
Mountain Hydrology Finally Recognizes Deeper Groundwater (Invited) (585717)
John L Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, United States
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