Using hydraulic head, chloride and electrical conductivity data to distinguish between mountain-front and mountain-block recharge to basin aquifers

Bresciani, Etienne; Cranswick, Roger H.; Banks, Eddie W.; Batlle-Aguilar, Jordi; Cook, Peter G.; Batelaan, Okke

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1629-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1629-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1629-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

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02 Mar 2018

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Using hydraulic head, chloride and electrical conductivity data to distinguish between mountain-front and mountain-block recharge to basin aquifers

Etienne Bresciani, Roger H. Cranswick, Eddie W. Banks, Jordi Batlle-Aguilar, Peter G. Cook, and Okke Batelaan

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RC1: 'Review of Using hydraulic head, chloride and electrical conductivity data to distinguish between mountain-front and mountain-block recharge to basin aquifers', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Etienne Bresciani, 10 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Comment on Bresciani et al., "Using hydraulic head, chloride and electrical conductivity data to distinguish between mountain-front and mountain-block recharge to basin aquifers"', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Etienne Bresciani, 10 Nov 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Dec 2017) by Graham Fogg

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ED: Publish as is (29 Jan 2018) by Graham Fogg

AR by Etienne Bresciani on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2018)

Short summary

This article tackles the problem of finding the origin of groundwater in basin aquifers adjacent to mountains. In particular, we aim to determine whether the recharge occurs predominantly through stream infiltration along the mountain front or through subsurface flow from the mountain. To this end, we discuss the use of routinely measured variables: hydraulic head, chloride and electrical conductivity. A case study from Australia demonstrates the approach.