Controls on the basin-scale distribution of hydraulic conductivity of superficial deposits: A case study from the Thames Basin, UK

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-236

  Bricker, S H ^a   Bloomfield, J P ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; RIVERS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; QUATERNARY EVOLUTION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; RIVER TERRACES; SAND AND GRAVELS;

CLAY DEPOSITS;

ANGLIAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PERMEABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRIBUTARY;

ENGLAND; THAMES BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84920424221     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2013-072     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Allen, D.J., Brewerton, L.J., et al. 1997. The physical properties of major aquifers in England and Wales. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WD/97/34, .
2. Barahona-Palomo, M., Riva, M., Sanchez-Vila, X., Vazquez-Sune, E., Guadagnini, A., 2011. Quantitative comparison of impellor-flowmeter and particle-size-distribution techniques for the characterization of hydraulic conductivity variation. Hydrogeology Journal, 19, 603-612.
3. Bear, J., 1972. Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media. Elsevier, New York.
4. Birks, D., Whittall, S., Savill, I., Younger, P.L., Parkin, G., 2013. Groundwater cooling of a large building using a shallow alluvial aquifer in Central London. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 46, 189-202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2012-059.
5. Bloomfield, J.P., Allen, D.J., Griffiths, K.J., 2009. Examining geological controls on baseflow index (BFI) using regression analysis: An illustration from the Thames Basin, UK. Journal of Hydrology, 373, 164-176.
6. Bloomfield, J.P., Bricker, S.H., Newell, A.J., 2011. Some relationships between lithology, basin form and hydrology: A case study from the Thames basin, UK. Hydrological Processes, 25, 2518-2530.
7. Bonsor, H.C., Ó Dochartaigh, B.É., 2010. Groundwater monitoring in urban areas-a pilot investigation in Glasgow, UK. British Geological Survey Internal Report, IR/10/020, .
8. Bridgland, D.R., 1994. The Pleistocene of the Thames. In: Bridgland, D.R. (ed.) Quaternary of the Thames. Geological Conservation Review Series, 7, Chapman and Hall, London.
9. British Geological Survey. 2014a. Industrial Mineral Assessment Unit (IMAU) dataset. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/mines/imau.html.
10. British Geological Survey. 2014b. Superficial Thickness dataset. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/onshore/superficialThickness.html
11. British Geological Survey. 2014c. Aquifer Designation dataset. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/hydrogeology/aquiferDesignation.html
12. Carman, P.C., 1937. Fluid flow through granular beds. Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, 15, 150-166.
13. Carman, P.C., 1956. Flow of Gases through Porous Media. Butterworths, London.
14. Carrier, W.D., 2003. Goodbye, Hazen; Hello, Kozeny-Carman. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 129, 1054-1056.
15. Dixon, A.J., 2004. Hydrology of the Oxford Meadows cSAC. Environment Agency Report.
16. Ellison, R.A., Woods, M.A., Allen, D.J., Forster, A., Pharoah, T.C., King, C., 2004. Geology of London. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 256 (North London), 257 (Romford), 270 (South London) and 271 (Dartford) (England and Wales). BGS, Keyworth, Nottingham.
17. Environment Agency. 2009. River basin management plan-Thames river basin district. Environment Agency, Bristol, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289937/geth0910bswa-e-e.pdf
18. Freeze, R.A., Cherry, J.A., 1979. Groundwater. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
19. Gibbard, P.L., 1985. The Pleistocene History of the Middle Thames Valley. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
20. Gibbard, P.L., 1994. The Pleistocene History of the Lower Thames Valley. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
21. Griffiths, K.J., MacDonald, A.M., Robins, N.S., Merritt, J., Booth, S.J., Johnson, D., McConvey, P.J., 2011. Improving the characterization of Quaternary deposits for groundwater vulnerability assessments using maps of recharge and attenuation potential. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 44, 49-61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/1470-9236/09-009.
22. Hazen, A., 1892. Some physical properties of sands and gravels, with special reference to their use in filtration. 24th Annual Report, Massachusetts State Board of Health. Public Document, 34, 539-556.
23. Harrison, M., Jones, L.D., Gibson, A., Cooper, A., Wildman, G., Foster, C., 2009. GeoSure Version 5. Methodology Review: Shrink Swell. British Geological Survey Internal Report, IR/08/092, .
24. Hopson, P.M., 1982. Summary regional assessment of the sand and gravel resources of the Middle and Upper Thames and its tributaries. Industrial Minerals Assessment Unit, IGS Internal Report, 1982/5, .
25. Jørgensen, L.F., Stockmarr, J., 2009. Groundwater monitoring in Denmark: Characteristics, perspectives and comparison with other countries. Hydrogeology Journal, 17, 827-842.
26. Klink, B.A., Hopson, P.M., et al. 1998. The hydrogeological behaviour of the Clay-with-Flints in Southern England. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WE/97/5, .
27. Kozeny, J., 1927. Ueber kapillare Leitung des Wassers im Boden. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 136, 271.
28. MacDonald, A., Davies, J., Calow, R., Chilton, J., 2005. Developing Groundwater-A Guide for Rural Water Supply. ITDG Publishing, Bourton-on-Dunsmore.
29. MacDonald, A.M., Maurice, L., Dobbs, M., Reeves, H., Auton, C., 2012. Relating in-situ permeability, particle size and relative density of superficial deposits in a heterogeneous catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 434-435, 130-141.
30. MacDonald, D., Dixon, A., Newell, A., Hallaways, A., 2012. Groundwater flooding within an urbanised flood plain. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 5, 68-80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01127.x.
31. Maddy, D., Bridgland, D., Westaway, R., 2001. Uplift-driven valley incision and climate-controlled river terrace development in the Thames Valley, UK. Quaternary International, 79, 23-36.
32. McMillan, A.A., Hamblin, R.J.O., Merritt, J.W., 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for onshore Quaternary and Neogene (Tertiary) superficial deposits of Great Britain and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/03, .
33. Natural Environment Research Council. 2008. UK Hydrometric Register. Hydrological Data UK Series. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford.
34. Naylor, J.A., 1974. Groundwater resources of the river gravels of the middle Thames valley. Water Resources Board, Reading.
35. Odong, J., 2007. Evaluation of empirical formulae for determination of hydraulic conductivity based on grain-size analysis. Journal of American Science, 3, 54-60.
36. Price, M., 1996. Introducing Groundwater, 2nd edn. Taylor & Francis, Abingdon.
37. Robins, N.S., Ball, D., Merritt, J.W., 2002. Scottish Superficial Deposits and the Water Framework Directive. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/02/154N, .
38. Royse, K., de Freitas, M., et al. 2012. Geology of London, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 123, 22-45.
39. Shepherd, R.G., 1989. Correlations of permeability and grain size. Ground Water, 27, 633-638.
40. Sumbler, M.G., 1996. British regional geology: London and the Thames Valley, 4th edn. HMSO, London.
41. Uma, K.O., Egboka, B.C.E., Onuoha, K.M., 1989. New statistical grain-size method for evaluating the hydraulic conductivity of sandy aquifers. Journal of Hydrology, 108, 343-366.
42. Vienken, T., Dietrich, P., 2011. Field evaluation of methods for determining hydraulic conductivity from grain size data. Journal of Hydrology, 400, 58-71.
43. Vukovic, M., Soro, A., 1992. Determination of hydraulic conductivity of porous media from grain-size composition. Water Resources Publications, Littleton, CO.
44. Woodland, A., 1970. The buried tunnel valleys of East Anglia. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 37, 521-578.