Estimation of groundwater exchange in alpine lakes using non-steady mass-balance methods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 297, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 187-208

  Gurrieri, J T ^a   Furniss, G ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Montana Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Lakes; Mining; Stable isotopes; Water balance

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; MINING; STRESSES;

GROUNDWATER EXCHANGE; UNDERGROUND MINING;

LAKES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LAKE WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CABINET MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242774802     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.04.021     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Anderson E.R. Water-loss investigations: Lake Hafner studies, technical report. USGS Prof. Paper 269. 1954
2. ASARCO, Inc., 1987. Environmental baseline reports/application for hard rock operating permit for the Rock Creek Project, Sanders County, MT. Submitted to US Forest Service and Montana Department of State Lands.
3. Balla J., 2000. Geologic Comparison of the Troy Mine/Spar Lake Deposit and the Rock Creek Mine/Rock Creek Deposit, Northwest Montana. Submitted to US Forest Service and Montana Department of Environmental Quality, May (unpublished).
4. Caine J.S., Evans J.P., Forster C.B. Fault zone architecture and permeability structure. Geology. 24:1996;1025-1028
5. Chen-Northern, Inc., 1988. Montana Mining Venture. Hydrology Investigation Report, Noranda Minerals Corp.
6. Cheng X., Anderson M.P. Simulating the influence of lake position on groundwater fluxes. Water Resour. Res. 30:1994;2041-2049
7. Coplen T.B., Wildman J.D., Chen J. Improvements in the gaseous hydrogen-water equilibration technique for hydrogen isotope ratio analysis. Anal. Chem. 63:1991;910-912
8. Craig H. Isotopic variations in meteoric waters. Science. 133:1961;1702-1703
9. Craig H., Gordon L.I. Deuterium and oxygen-18 variations in the ocean and marine atmosphere. Tongiorgi. Stable Isotopes in Oceanography Studies and Paleotemperatures. Report, Cons. Naz. delle Ric. Lab. Di Geol. Nucl., Pisa, Italy. 1965
10. Dincer T. The use of oxygen -18 and deuterium concentrations in the water balance of lakes. Water Resour. Res. 4:1968;1289-1306
11. Dincer T., Payne B.R., Florkowski T., Martinec J., Tongiorgi E. Snowmelt runoff from measurements of tritium and oxygen-18. Water Resour. Res. 6:1970;110-124
12. Eilers J.M., Kanciruk P., McCord R.A., Overton W.S., Hook L., Blick D.J., Brakke D.F., Kellar P.E., DeHaan M.S. Western lakes survey, phase 1, characteristics of lakes in the western United States. EPA/600/3-86/054. vols. 1 and 2:1987
13. Eilers J.M., Brakke D.F., Landers D.H., Kellar P.E. Characteristics of lakes in the mountainous areas of the Western United States. Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol. 23:1988;144-151
14. Eilers J.M., Sullivan T.J., Hurley K.C. The most dilute lake in the world? Hydrobiologia. 199:1990;1-6
15. Epstein S., Mayeda T. Variation of O-18 content of water from natural sources. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 4:1953;213-224
16. Fritz P., Fontes J.C. Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry. The Terrestrial Environment, B. vol. 2:1986;Elsevier, New York
17. Gat J.R. Stable Isotopes of Fresh and Saline Lakes. Lerman A., Imboden D., Gat J. Physics and Chemistry of Lakes. 1995;139-165 Springer, Berlin
18. Gerhart J.M. A model of regional ground-water flow in secondary-permeability terrane. Ground Water. 22:1984;168-175
19. Gburek W.J., Folmar G.J., Urban J.B. Field data and ground water modeling in a layered fractured aquifer. Ground Water. 37:1999;175-180
20. Gibson J.J. Forest Tundra water balance signals traced by isotopic enrichment in lakes. J. Hydrol. 251:2001;1-13
21. Gibson J.J. Short-term evaporation and water budget comparisons in shallow arctic lakes using non-steady isotope mass balance. J. Hydrol. 264:2002;242-261
22. Gibson J.J., Edwards T.W.D., Prowse T.D. Development and validation of an isotopic method for estimating lake evaporation. Hydrol. Process. 10:1996;1369-1382
23. Gibson J.J., Reid R., Spence C. A six-year record of lake evaporation at a mine site in the Canadian subarctic: results and validation. Hydrol. Process. 12:1998;1779-1792
24. Gibson J.J., Prepas E.E., McEachern. Quantitative comparison of lake throughflow, residency, and catchment runoff using stable isotopes: modeling results from a regional survey of boreal lakes. J. Hydrol. 262:2002;128-144
25. Gurrieri, J.T., 2001. Hydrology and chemistry of wilderness lakes and evaluation of impacts from underground mining, Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, Montana. Technical Report for the Rock Creek Project Environmental Impact Statement, Montana Department of Environmental Quality, March 2001.
26. Hurley J.P., Armstrong D.E., Kenoyer G.J., Bowser C.J. Groundwater as a silica source for diatom production in a precipitation-dominated lake. Science. 227:1985;1576-1578
27. Jensen M.E. Consumptive use of water and irrigation requirements. 1974;American Society of Civil Engineers, New York. 215 pp
28. Kendall C., McDonnell J.J. Isotope tracers in catchment hydrology. 2000;Elsevier, Amsterdam
29. Kenoyer G.J., Anderson M.P. Groundwater's dynamic role in regulating acidity and chemistry in a precipitation-dominated lake. J. Hydrol. 109:1989;287-306
30. Koberg G.E. Methods to compute long-wave radiation from the atmosphere and reflected solar radiation from a water surface. USGS Prof. Paper 272. 1964;107-136
31. Krabbenhoft D.P., Bowser C.J., Anderson M.P., Valley J.W. Estimating groundwater exchange with lakes 1. The stable isotope method. Water Resour. Res. 26:1990;2445-2453
32. LaBaugh J.W. Uncertainty in phosphorus retention, Williams Fork Reservoir, Colorado. Water Resour. Res. 21:1985;1684-1692
33. LaBaugh J.W., Winter T.C. The impact of uncertainties in the hydrologic measurement on phosphorus budgets and empirical models on two Colorado reservoirs. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29:1984;322-339
34. LaBaugh J.W., Winter T.C., Rosenberry D.O., Schuster P.F., Reddy M.M., Aiken G.R. Hydrological and chemical estimates of the water balance of a closed basin lake in north central Minnesota. Water Resour. Res. 33:1997;2799-2812
35. Majoube M. Fractionnement en oxygene-18 et en deuterium entra l'eau et sa vapeur. J. Chim. Phys. 197:1971;1423-1436
36. McCuen R.H. Hydrologic Analysis and Design. 1998;Prentice-Hall, New Jersey
37. Montana Department of Environmental Quality and US Forest Service, 2001. Final Environmental Impact Statement, Rock Creek Project.
38. Moser H., Wolf M., Fritz P., Fontes J.-C.H., Florkowski T., Payne B.R. Deuterium, oxygen-18, and tritium in Stripa groundwater. Geochem. Cosmochim. Acta. 53:1989;1757-1763
39. Noranda Minerals Corp., 1989. Application for a Hard Rock operating permit and proposed plan of operation for the Montana project, Lincoln and Sanders Counties, Montana. Submitted to US Forest Service and Montana Department of State Lands.
40. Pollman C.P., Lee T.M., Andrews W.J., Sacks L.A., Gherini S.A., Munson R.K. Preliminary analysis of the hydrologic and geochemical controls on acid-neutralizing capacity of two acidic seepage lakes in Florida. Water Resour. Res. 27:1991;2321-2335
41. Sacks L.A. Estimating ground-water inflow to lakes in central Florida using the isotope mass-balance approach. USGS, Water Resour. Inv. Rep. 02-4192. 2002
42. Sacks L.A., Swancar A., Lee T.M. Estimating groundwater exchange with lakes using water-budget and chemical mass-balance approaches for ten lakes in ridge areas of Polk and Highlands Counties, Florida. USGS, Water Resour. Inv. Rep. 98-4133. 1998
43. Sacks L.A., Herman J.S., Konikow L.F., Vela A.L. Seasonal dynamics of groundwater-lake interactions at Donana National Park, Spain. J. Hydrol. 136:1992;123-154
44. Saxena R.K. Surface and groundwater mixing and identification of local recharge-discharge zones from seasonal fluctuations of Oxygen-18 in groundwater in fissured rock. Proc. IAHS Symp., Sept. Uppsala, IAHS no. 150. 1984;419-428
45. Stauffer R.E. Use of tracers released by weathering to estimate groundwater inflow to seepage lakes. Evniron. Sci. Technol. 19:1985;405-411
46. Story M.T., 1997. ASARCO Rock Creek Mine Project. Libby Lakes-MAGIG/WAND modeling, Kootenai National Forest.
47. Turner J.V., Allison G.B., Holmes J.W. The water balance of a small lake using stable isotopes and tritium. J. Hydrol. 94:1984;89-107
48. US Environmental Protection Agency. Eilers J. Handbook of Methods for Acid Deposition Studies. Laboratory Analyses for Surface Water Chemistry. 1987
49. US Forest Service and Montana Department of State Lands, 1992. Final Environmental Impact Statement, Noranda Minerals Corp., Montanore Project.
50. US Geological Survey. Mineral resources of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, Lincoln and Sanders Counties. USGS Bull. 1501. 1981
51. US Soil Conservation Service, 1972. Hydrology, Section 4. National Engineering Handbook. Washington, DC.
52. Wentz D.A., Rose W.J., Webster K.E. Long-term hydrologic and biogeochemical responses of a soft water seepage lake in north central Wisconsin. Water Resour. Res. 31:1995;199-212
53. Winter T.C. Uncertainties in estimating the water balance of lakes. Water Resour. Bull. 17:1981;82-115
54. Winter T.C. Effects of water-table configuration on seepage through lakebeds. Limnol. Oceanogr. 26:1981;925-934
55. Winter T.C. Hydrological processes and the water budget of lakes. Lerman A., Imboden D. Physics and Chemistry of Lakes. 1995;37-62 Springer, Berlin
56. Winter T.C., Rosenberry D.O., Sturrock A.M. Evaluation of 11 equations for determining evaporation for a small lake in the north central United States. Water Resour. Res. 31:1995;983-993
57. Zimmerman U. Determination by stable isotopes of underground inflow and outflow and evaporation of young artificial groundwater lakes. Isotopes in Lake Studies. 1979;IAEA, Vienna. pp. 87-94
58. Zimmerman U., Ehhalt D.H. Stable isotopes in study of water balance of Lake Neusiedl, Austria. Isotope Hydrol. 1970;IAEA, Vienna. pp. 129-138
59. Zuber A. On the environmental isotope method for determining the water balance components of some lakes. J. Hydrol. 61:1983;409-427