Discharge of groundwater flow to Potter Cove on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula
There are only a small number of recent publications discussing glacial runoff in Antarctica, and even fewer of them deal with the groundwater flow discharge. This paper focuses on the groundwater flow aspects and is based on a detailed study performed on a small hydrological catchment, informally c...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:79c78b82a7964e24802f336238b61b5f 2023-05-15T13:49:38+02:00 Discharge of groundwater flow to Potter Cove on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula U. Falk A. Silva-Busso 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3227-2021 https://doaj.org/article/79c78b82a7964e24802f336238b61b5f EN eng Copernicus Publications https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/25/3227/2021/hess-25-3227-2021.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1027-5606 https://doaj.org/toc/1607-7938 doi:10.5194/hess-25-3227-2021 1027-5606 1607-7938 https://doaj.org/article/79c78b82a7964e24802f336238b61b5f Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol 25, Pp 3227-3244 (2021) Technology T Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3227-2021 2022-12-31T16:27:47Z There are only a small number of recent publications discussing glacial runoff in Antarctica, and even fewer of them deal with the groundwater flow discharge. This paper focuses on the groundwater flow aspects and is based on a detailed study performed on a small hydrological catchment, informally called Potter basin, located on King George Island (KGI; Isla 25 de Mayo), South Shetland Islands, at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The basin is representative for the rugged coastline of the northern Antarctic Peninsula and is discussed as a case study for the possible future evolution of similar basins further to the south. A conceptual hydrogeological model has been defined using vertical electrical soundings (VESs), geological and hydrogeological surveying methods, geomorphological interpretation based on satellite imagery, permeability tests, piezometric level measurements, meteorological, geocryological and glaciological data sets. The transmissivities of the fluvial talik aquifer and suprapermafrost aquifer range from 162.0 to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">2719.9</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn mathvariant="normal">10</mn><mrow><mo>-</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">5</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math> <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="69pt" height="13pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="40665a9f8679e57366a84e2eae168d57"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="hess-25-3227-2021-ie00001.svg" width="69pt" height="13pt" src="hess-25-3227-2021-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg> m 2 s −1 and in basaltic fissured aquifers from 3.47 to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M4" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Isla 25 de Mayo King George Island South Shetland Islands Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula King George Island South Shetland Islands Potter Cove Talik ENVELOPE(146.601,146.601,59.667,59.667) Hess ENVELOPE(-65.133,-65.133,-67.200,-67.200) 25 de Mayo ENVELOPE(-58.000,-58.000,-62.083,-62.083) isla 25 de Mayo ENVELOPE(-58.000,-58.000,-62.083,-62.083) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 25 6 3227 3244 |
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There are only a small number of recent publications discussing glacial runoff in Antarctica, and even fewer of them deal with the groundwater flow discharge. This paper focuses on the groundwater flow aspects and is based on a detailed study performed on a small hydrological catchment, informally called Potter basin, located on King George Island (KGI; Isla 25 de Mayo), South Shetland Islands, at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The basin is representative for the rugged coastline of the northern Antarctic Peninsula and is discussed as a case study for the possible future evolution of similar basins further to the south. A conceptual hydrogeological model has been defined using vertical electrical soundings (VESs), geological and hydrogeological surveying methods, geomorphological interpretation based on satellite imagery, permeability tests, piezometric level measurements, meteorological, geocryological and glaciological data sets. The transmissivities of the fluvial talik aquifer and suprapermafrost aquifer range from 162.0 to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">2719.9</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn mathvariant="normal">10</mn><mrow><mo>-</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">5</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math> <svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="69pt" height="13pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="40665a9f8679e57366a84e2eae168d57"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="hess-25-3227-2021-ie00001.svg" width="69pt" height="13pt" src="hess-25-3227-2021-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg> m 2 s −1 and in basaltic fissured aquifers from 3.47 to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M4" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn ... |
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Discharge of groundwater flow to Potter Cove on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Discharge of groundwater flow to Potter Cove on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Discharge of groundwater flow to Potter Cove on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula |
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