Lumped parameter models of groundwater age from the Columbia Plateau Aquifer, Vertical Flowpath Study Network
Dates
Publication Date
2020-02-05
Start Date
2014-07
End Date
2014-09
Citation
Solder, J.E., 2020, Lumped parameter models of groundwater age from the Columbia Plateau Aquifer, Vertical Flowpath Study Network: U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99N52Q5.
Summary
This data release documents two Microsoft Excel tables that contain data for understanding tracer concentrations and groundwater age in the Columbia Plateau aquifer system. Results for geochemical correction of carbon-14, and lumped parameter modeling of groundwater age for the sample network (VPFS, vertical flow path study) are described. Geochemical carbon-14 correction results (RFG) describe geochemical correction of carbon-14 in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) for groundwater age dating. Datasets includes measured water parameters and chemistry, model parameter inputs, and final corrected carbon-14 in DIC. Geochemical correction was completed using the revised Fontes and Granier model of Han and Plummer (2013). Mean age and age [...]
Summary
This data release documents two Microsoft Excel tables that contain data for understanding tracer concentrations and groundwater age in the Columbia Plateau aquifer system. Results for geochemical correction of carbon-14, and lumped parameter modeling of groundwater age for the sample network (VPFS, vertical flow path study) are described. Geochemical carbon-14 correction results (RFG) describe geochemical correction of carbon-14 in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) for groundwater age dating. Datasets includes measured water parameters and chemistry, model parameter inputs, and final corrected carbon-14 in DIC. Geochemical correction was completed using the revised Fontes and Granier model of Han and Plummer (2013). Mean age and age distribution results (TracerLPM) contain final models of groundwater age by calibration of lumped parameter models to tracer concentrations (Jurgens and others, 2012). Please see the processing steps below for additional details on the results presented in this table.
Jurgens, B.C., Böhlke, J.K., and Eberts, S.M., 2012, TracerLPM (Version 1): An Excel® workbook for interpreting groundwater age distributions from environmental tracer data: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Report 4-F3, 60 p.
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Purpose
Environmental tracer data were collected from wells that withdraw water from the Columbia Plateau aquifer system in 2014 to understand the age and vulnerability of the aquifer to natural and anthropogenic contaminants.
