2008
DOI: 10.3133/sir20085179
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Precipitation, Ground-water Hydrology, and Recharge Along the Eastern Slopes of the Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Abstract: The spatial and temporal distribution of recharge to carbonate and clastic aquifers along the eastern slopes of the Sandia Mountains was investigated by using precipitation, water-level, dissolved chloride, and specific-conductance data. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division, conducted a study to assess groundwater conditions and provide technical data that could be used as a basis for management and future planning of eastern Bernalillo County water… Show more

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“…We anticipate a time lag between when the rain falls on the ground and percolates through to the shallow hydrothermal system, affecting the behaviour of the fumaroles. This time-lag has been shown to be on the order of 1-4 months in other locations (McCoy and Blanchard, 2008;Saibi et al, 2010).…”
Section: Causes For the Temperature And Spatial Variations Observed Amentioning
confidence: 90%
“…We anticipate a time lag between when the rain falls on the ground and percolates through to the shallow hydrothermal system, affecting the behaviour of the fumaroles. This time-lag has been shown to be on the order of 1-4 months in other locations (McCoy and Blanchard, 2008;Saibi et al, 2010).…”
Section: Causes For the Temperature And Spatial Variations Observed Amentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Collected data were analyzed to determine spring water origins, group similar waters, and trace groundwater flow paths. Other studies used CMB to determine groundwater recharge rates in semiarid environments (Anderholm, 1994;McCoy and Blanchard, 2008) using assumptions provided by Dettinger (1989).…”
Section: Previous Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The CMB method estimates recharge rates to aquifers in arid and semiarid environments based on the chloride concentration of a water sample and the rate of atmospheric chloride deposition (McCoy and Blanchard, 2008). The chloride ion (Cl − ) is a useful environmental tracer in groundwater because it is not a prominent reagent in geochemical processes, and it is conservative, meaning that chloride remains in solution and becomes more concentrated during evaporation and transpiration (Brooks and Mason, 2005).…”
Section: Chloride Mass-balance Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Statistical methods based upon the water table fluctuation method have been used in several studies to examine the temporal correlation between recharge and rainfall (Lee et al, 2006;Carretero and Kruse, 2012;McCoy and Blanchard, 2008;Owor et al, 2009;Turkeltaub et al, 2015). These studies have generally focused on the seasonality of the groundwater level response or have identified threshold rainfall amounts that create a rise in groundwater level using cross-correlation and regression analysis (Lee et al, 2006;Carretero and Kruse, 2012;McCoy and Blanchard, 2008;Owor et al, 2009 …”
Section: Water Table Fluctuation Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These studies have generally focused on the seasonality of the groundwater level response or have identified threshold rainfall amounts that create a rise in groundwater level using cross-correlation and regression analysis (Lee et al, 2006;Carretero and Kruse, 2012;McCoy and Blanchard, 2008;Owor et al, 2009 …”
Section: Water Table Fluctuation Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%