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dc.contributor.authorSophocleous, Marios
dc.contributor.authorBardsley, W. Earl
dc.contributor.authorHealey, John
dc.coverage.spatialConference held at Salt Palace Convention Centre, Salt Lake City, Utahen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-08T03:11:10Z
dc.date.available2010-06-08T03:11:10Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationSophocleous, M., Bardsley, E. & Healey, J. (2006). A rainfall loading response recorded at 300 meters depth: implications for geological weighing lysimeters. Journal of Hydrology, 319(1-4). 237-244.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/3932
dc.description.abstractStatic pore water pressures in confined aquifers vary in response to ground surface loading changes, including precipitation and evaporation. Under certain hydrogeological conditions such aquifers can function as giant natural weighing lysimeters, referenced here as ‘geological weighing lysimeters’. The extent of the land area ‘weighed’ increases with aquifer depth and it is of interest to establish at what depth it is still possible to monitor surface water budgets. An 86 mm rainfall event produced a clear loading signal in a well in western Kansas at 300 m depth. The loading effect is quantitatively consistent with elastic deformation induced by the rainfall mass and suggests that geological weighing lysimeters could operate at considerably greater depths, thereby monitoring water budgets over a significant land area.en_NZ
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsThis is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: Journal of Hydrology. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd.en_NZ
dc.sourceThe Geological Society of America Annual Meeting & Expositionen_NZ
dc.subjectpore water pressureen_NZ
dc.subjectloading coefficienten_NZ
dc.subjectbarometric efficiencyen_NZ
dc.subjectearth tidesen_NZ
dc.subjectwell water levelsen_NZ
dc.subjectDekota confined aquiferen_NZ
dc.subjectwater budgeten_NZ
dc.subjectgeological weighing lysimeteren_NZ
dc.subjectformation loadingen_NZ
dc.subjectKansasen_NZ
dc.titleA rainfall loading response recorded at 300 meters depth: implications for geological weighing lysimetersen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.06.031en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Hydrologyen_NZ
pubs.begin-page237en_NZ
pubs.elements-id15830
pubs.end-page244en_NZ
pubs.finish-date2005-10-19en_NZ
pubs.issue1-4en_NZ
pubs.start-date2005-10-16en_NZ
pubs.volume319en_NZ


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