The effect of sediment thermal conductivity on vertical groundwater flux estimates

Sebok, Eva; Müller, Sascha

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3305-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3305-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3305-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 8

Research article

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12 Aug 2019

Research article |

| 12 Aug 2019

The effect of sediment thermal conductivity on vertical groundwater flux estimates

Eva Sebok and Sascha Müller

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Final revised paper (published on 12 Aug 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 27 Apr 2018)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Sebok and Mueller - The effect of sediment thermal conductivity on vertical groundwater flux estimates', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 May 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', Eva Sebok, 09 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of Sebok and Muller', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 2', Eva Sebok, 09 Jul 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (09 Jul 2019) by Gerrit H. de Rooij

AR by Eva Sebok on behalf of the Authors (09 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Jul 2019) by Gerrit H. de Rooij

Short summary

Exchange fluxes between groundwater and surface waters can be quantified using temperature measurements from the upper sediment layers of streams and lakes assuming the thermal properties of sediments. This study quantified the natural variabiilty in sediment thermal conductivity in the vertical direction at the bed of surface waters and showed that fluxes can change by up to +/-75 % depending on using standard literature values or in situ measurements for sediment thermal conductivity.