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Hydraulic conductivity characteristics in mountains and implications for conceptualizing bedrock groundwater flow

Authors: L. A. Welch, D. M. Allen

Published in: Hydrogeology Journal | Issue 5/2014

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Influences of hydraulic conductivity (K) heterogeneities on bedrock groundwater (BG) flow systems in mountainous topography are investigated using a conceptual 2D numerical modelling approach. A conceptual model for K heterogeneity in crystalline bedrock mountainous environments is developed based on a review of previous research, and represents heterogeneities due to weathering profile, bedrock fracture characteristics, and catchment-scale (∼0.1–1 km) structural features. Numerical groundwater modelling of K scenarios for hypothetical mountain catchment topography indicates that general characteristics of the BG flow directions are dominated by prominent topographic features. Within the modelled saturated BG flow system, ∼90 % or more of total BG flux is focussed within a fractured bedrock zone, extending to depths of ∼100–200 m below the ground surface, overlying lower-K bedrock. Structural features and heterogeneities, represented as discrete zones of higher or lower K relative to surrounding bedrock, locally influence BG flow, but do not influence general BG flow patterns or general positions of BG flow divides. This result is supported by similar BG transit-time distribution shapes and statistics for systems with and without structural features. The results support the development of topography-based methods for predicting general locations of BG flow-system boundaries in mountain regions.

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Title: Hydraulic conductivity characteristics in mountains and implications for conceptualizing bedrock groundwater flow
Authors: L. A. Welch
D. M. Allen
Publication date: 01-08-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Hydrogeology Journal / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 1431-2174
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-014-1121-5

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