Water-level and subsurface water temperature at sensor from the Toolik River Thermokarst, 2010-2013

Data were collected to investigate if formation of gully thermokarst (TK) results in lowering of the water table and more rapid evacuation of water from above the frost table. Data were collected from 24 shallow screened wells. 2 replicate rows of 4 wells were located at: (a) a hillslope (HS) ~120m...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Crosby, Michael Gooseff
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Arctic Data Center 2013
Subjects:
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > WATER TABLE
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > GROUND WATER DISCHARGE/FLOW
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST
IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PRESSURE/HEIGHT METERS > PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS
IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > WATER LEVEL GAUGES
FIELD SURVEY
MANNED FIELD STATION
inlandWaters
Arctic
The Gully
permafrost
Thermokarst
Alaska
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18739/A2P59H
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Summary:Data were collected to investigate if formation of gully thermokarst (TK) results in lowering of the water table and more rapid evacuation of water from above the frost table. Data were collected from 24 shallow screened wells. 2 replicate rows of 4 wells were located at: (a) a hillslope (HS) ~120m away from the gully TK, (b) perpendicular to the gully TK (TK) and (c) perpendicular to an unimpacted water track (WT) upstream of the gully TK. Note that water levels are the distance below the ground surface and may have organic/peat layers of different thicknesses. Also note that sensors were progressively lowered deeper into the well during the season, resulting in steps in the temperature and raw depth data. Data were collected with support from the NSF ARCSS-TK project, (OPP – 0806399) .

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