Groundwater-surface water interaction, non-point source chloride loading, and flow generation along an urban river
| atmire.migration.oldid | 308 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ryan, Cathy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cantafio, Leanne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-03T21:41:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-13T08:01:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10-03 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2012 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Local volumetric groundwater (GW) contributions and non-point source (NPS) chloride loading to the Bow River were evaluated at the city scale in Calgary, Canada. In ten sampling and stream gauging events, discharge did not increase measurably between four locations three to five km apart. Mean chloride concentration and chloride mass flux (FCl-) increased with downstream distance due to NPSs. The major NPS of chloride was alluvial GW (379 mg/L, attributed to road salting). Mass-flux-based estimates of alluvial GW discharge were small (mean 0.02 m3 s-1 km-1) and spatially and seasonally similar. Local alluvial GW discharge to the Bow River was volumetrically insignificant (≤2% of river discharge), but at 7 g s-1 km-1, the chloride load was significant. The FCl- -based estimate of GW contribution to Bow River flow was consistent with long-term river discharge data that demonstrated that the majority of flow generation occurs upstream (92-95%) by mountain block recharge | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cantafio, L. (2012). Groundwater-surface water interaction, non-point source chloride loading, and flow generation along an urban river (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26328 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26328 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/293 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Sciences | |
| dc.subject.classification | Hydrogeology | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Groundwater | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | chloride | en_US |
| dc.title | Groundwater-surface water interaction, non-point source chloride loading, and flow generation along an urban river | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Geoscience | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | |
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