Temperature anomalies can identify locations of seeps of groundwater into surface waters.
However, the method’s sensitivity to details such as thermometer burial depth, sediment material, seep
velocity, and surface water current are largely unknown. We report on a series of laboratory flume experiments
in which controlled seeps under variable sediment...
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Selker, F., and J. S. Selker (2014), Flume testing of underwater seep detection
using temperature
Temperature anomalies can identify locations of seeps of groundwater into surface waters.
However, the method’s sensitivity to details such as thermometer burial depth, sediment material, seep
velocity, and surface water current are largely unknown. We report on a series of laboratory flume experiments
in which controlled seeps under variable sediment...
Full Text:
(dotted line), and 5e-5 (solid line)
C = 4.18e6 J / m3 K
k = 2.5 W/m K
Figure 1. 1-D analytical
Temperature anomalies can identify locations of seeps of groundwater into surface waters.
However, the method’s sensitivity to details such as thermometer burial depth, sediment material, seep
velocity, and surface water current are largely unknown. We report on a series of laboratory flume experiments
in which controlled seeps under variable sediment...
Temperature anomalies can identify locations of seeps of groundwater into surface waters.
However, the method’s sensitivity to details such as thermometer burial depth, sediment material, seep
velocity, and surface water current are largely unknown. We report on a series of laboratory flume experiments
in which controlled seeps under variable sediment...
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