Distinct stores and the routing of water in the deep critical zone of a snow-dominated volcanic catchment

White, Alissa; Moravec, Bryan; McIntosh, Jennifer; Olshansky, Yaniv; Paras, Ben; Sanchez, R. Andres; Ferré, Ty P. A.; Meixner, Thomas; Chorover, Jon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4661-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4661-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4661-2019

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

Articles | Volume 23, issue 11

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18 Nov 2019

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Distinct stores and the routing of water in the deep critical zone of a snow-dominated volcanic catchment

Alissa White, Bryan Moravec, Jennifer McIntosh, Yaniv Olshansky, Ben Paras, R. Andres Sanchez, Ty P. A. Ferré, Thomas Meixner, and Jon Chorover

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4661-2019-supplement

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White et al., 2019. HESS A. White https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.e2d9afd7d6d74be8a4843af5d8fd86e1

Short summary

This paper examines the influence of the subsurface structure on water routing, water residence times, and the hydrologic response of distinct groundwater stores and further investigates their contribution to streamflow. We conclude that deep groundwater from the fractured aquifer system, rather than shallow groundwater, is the dominant source of streamflow, which highlights the need to better characterize the deep subsurface of mountain systems using interdisciplinary studies such as this one.