Spreadsheet Tools for Quantifying Seepage Flux Across the GW-SW Interface.

ABSTRACT: Identifying the spatial distribution and magnitude of seepage flux across the groundwater-surface water (GW-SW) interface is critical for assessing potential impairments and restoration alternatives for water bodies adjacent to sites with groundwater contamination. Measurement of the vertical distribution and time-varying characteristics of temperature in sediments provides an indirect way to map out spatial and temporal patterns of seepage flux into surface water. Two spreadsheet-based calculation tools are introduced that implement four one-dimensional analytical solutions to calculate the magnitude and direction of seepage flux based on measurement of steady-state vertical temperature profiles or transient diel temperature signals at two depths within sediment. Performance of these calc

SUBMITTER: Ford RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7970483 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature