Hydrogeochemical data for the characterization of stream, groundwater, and beaver-induced floodplain exchange in the East River Science Focus Area, Crested Butte, CO

Publication Date

2019-05-21

Start Date

2016-08-10

End Date

2018-10-01

Briggs, M.A., Wang, C., Slater, L., Fosberg, D., and Day-Lewis, F.D., 2019, Hydrogeochemical data for the characterization of stream, groundwater, and beaver-induced floodplain exchange in the East River Science Focus Area, Crested Butte, CO: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Q1Z1TK.

There were multiple purposes for this ground-based data collection. At a high level, these data are primarily used to characterize lateral exchanges of groundwater and surface water, and associated mass-flux of dissolved constituents, along beaver-impacted river corridors of the SFA. More specifically, the infrared and fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (FODTS) data are used to geolocate deeper groundwater discharge and distinguish from more shallow, lateral hydrologic exchanges between the main channel and adjacent floodplain. Water chemistry and dissolved oxygen data indicate the reactivity and redox state of flowpaths, and mass-transfer of various dissolved metals and nutrients. Electromagnetic data are used to identify shallow electrically-conductive flowpaths. Vertical bed temperature data are used to assess upward or downward vertical fluid flux using analytical models.

• USGS Data Release Products
• USGS Hydrogeophysics Branch

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