The Hydrology of Lakes

Winter, Thomas C.

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“…It may also have implications for snow and glacier melt modeling, wherein traditionally only surface water flows have been considered in validation. However, this finding is in direct contrast to the negligible groundwater exchange for some alpine lakes suggested by Michel et al [2002] and Winter [2003]. Therefore, further study is required to determine how common it is to have substantial groundwater exchange with alpine lakes and under what geological conditions it must be considered.…”

Section: Groundwater Contributionmentioning

confidence: 78%

“…Groundwater exchange was considered negligible for two small lakes overlying fractured basalt, in the Flattops Wilderness Area, Colorado [Michel et al, 2002]. In his review of the hydrology of lakes, Winter [2003] stated that Loch Vale, Colorado, and Emerald Lake, California, both overlying granitic bedrock, were probably very strongly dominated by surface water. Other researchers working with ponds or lakes in Colorado [Campbell et al, 2004] and Montana [Gurrieri and Furniss, 2004] have suggested groundwater played a significant role.…”

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Importance of groundwater in the water balance of an alpine headwater lake

Hood¹,

Roy²,

Hayashi³

2006

Geophysical Research Letters

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The response of snow‐ and glacier‐fed mountain streams and lakes to climate warming is of growing concern. A full understanding of these systems must include the role of groundwater, but this is poorly understood, especially for high‐elevation lakes. This study addresses the role of groundwater in an alpine watershed, located at the continental divide of North America, with a focus on quantifying the groundwater exchange with Lake O'Hara in British Columbia, Canada. This is facilitated using a water balance approach and measurements of electrical conductivity in inflowing streams. The water balance indicates that groundwater inflow is substantial, as it was equivalent to at least 30–67% and 35–74% of the total outflow for the 2004 and 2005 field seasons, respectively. Hydrological and chemical data also suggest contributions from both deep and shallow groundwater flow paths.

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Section: Groundwater Contributionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Importance of groundwater in the water balance of an alpine headwater lake

Hood¹,

Roy²,

Hayashi³

2006

Geophysical Research Letters

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“…For example, O isotope composition of lake water (δ 18 O lw ) represents a weighted average of the freshwater input from extrabasinal drainages, intrabasinal precipitation, and groundwater seepage, stream and groundwater outflow from the basin, and evaporation from the lake (Criss, 1999;Winter, 2004). Whereas, C isotopes are useful in recognizing hydrologic closure of paleolakes and diagenetic alteration of carbonate samples.…”

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“…Heterogeneities in the Sr isotope ratios of lithologies present in the drainage basin are homogenized in lake water such that when carbonate precipitates, its Sr isotope composition reflects the weighted average of isotopically distinct inflows to the lake. Although groundwater seepage into foreland lake basins can be significant (Winter, 2004), subsurface rocks contacted by groundwater in foreland basin systems are generally the same as those exposed in surficial watersheds.…”

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The effect of drainage reorganization on paleoaltimetry studies: An example from the Paleogene Laramide foreland

Davis

Wiegand

Carroll

et al. 2008

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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“…Previous studies in different proglacial environments have identified both negligible groundwater-lake exchange (e.g., Michel et al 2002, Winter 2003 and groundwater-lake exchange that significantly affected lake water balance (Campbell et al 2004, Gurrieri and Furniss 2004, Hood et al 2006, Roy and Hayashi 2008, Kidmose et al 2013.…”

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Identifying spatial and temporal dynamics of proglacial groundwater–surface-water exchange using combined temperature-tracing methods

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The effect of proglacial groundwater systems on surface hydrology and ecology in cold regions often is neglected when assessing the ecohydrological implications of climate change. We present a novel approach in which we combined 2 temperature-tracing techniques to assess the spatial patterns and short-term temporal dynamics of groundwater-surface-water exchange in the proglacial zone of Skaftafellsjökull, a retreating glacier in southeastern Iceland. Our study focuses on localized groundwater discharge to a surface-water environment, where high temporal-and spatial-resolution mapping of sediment surface and subsurface temperatures (10-15 cm depth) were obtained by Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (FO-DTS). The FO-DTS survey identified temporally consistent locations of temperature anomalies at the sediment-water interface, indicating distinct zones of cooler groundwater upwelling. The high-resolution FO-DTS surveys were combined with calculations of 1-dimensional groundwater seepage fluxes based on 3 vertical sediment temperature profiles, covering depths of 10, 25, and 40 cm below the lake bed. The calculated groundwater seepage rates ranged between 1.02 to 6.10 m/d. We used the combined techniques successfully to identify substantial temporal and spatial heterogeneities in groundwater-surface exchange fluxes that have relevance for the ecohydrological functioning of the investigated system and its potential resilience to environmental change.

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The Hydrology of Lakes

Cited by 15 publications

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Importance of groundwater in the water balance of an alpine headwater lake

Importance of groundwater in the water balance of an alpine headwater lake

The effect of drainage reorganization on paleoaltimetry studies: An example from the Paleogene Laramide foreland

Identifying spatial and temporal dynamics of proglacial groundwater–surface-water exchange using combined temperature-tracing methods

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