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A m u l t i - m e t h o d c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f r i v e r - a q u i f e r i n t e r a c t i o n a t t h e m eter -scale: combin i n g f i e l d m e a s u r e m e n t s, h e a t t r a n s p o r t m o d e l l i n g a n d g r o u n dwater modelling.
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A multi-method characterization of river-aquiferinteractionat themeter-scale: combiningfieldmeasurements, heat transportmodellingandgroundwater modelling Ghysels G.1, Benoit S.2, Awol H., Tolche AD.3, HermansT.2, Nguyen F.4,5, Anibas C.6 and Huysmans M.1,5 1VrijeUniversiteit Brussel, Belgium; 2GhentUniversity, Belgium; 3Haramaya University, Ethiopia; 4University of Liège, Belgium; 5KU Leuven, Belgium; 6UNSW Sydney, Australia
What is theinfluenceof riverbed heterogeneityOn river-aquifer exchange fluxes? Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
outline • Groundwater-surface water interaction at the Aa River, Belgium • Characterization of meter-scalespatialvariabilityof riverbed hydraulic conductivity • Estimating river-aquiferexchangefluxes from vertical riverbed temperatureprofiles basedon the1Dheat transportequation • Estimating river-aquiferexchangefluxes with agroundwaterflow model (MODFLOW) Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Study Area Aa river Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Study Area Aa river Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Study Area Aa river Downstreamsection Upstreamsection Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Study Area Aa river Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Methodology Riverbed hydraulicconductivity (Kh and Kv) Analyzed with Bouwer & Rice (1976) & Hvorslev (1951) Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Results Horizontal riverbed conductivity Downstreamsection Upstreamsection Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver Ghysels et al. (2018), J. Hydrol.
Results Vertical riverbed conductivity Upstreamsection Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver Ghysels et al. (2018), J. Hydrol.
Methodology Vertical riverbed temperature profiles Analytical solution of BredehoeftandPapadopulos (1965) for 1D steady-state, vertical, anisothermal heat transport Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Results Estimatedriver-aquiferexchange fluxes Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Methodology Simulating river-aquiferexchange in MODFLOW Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver Ghysels et al. (2019), Hydrogeol. J.
Results Simulated fluxes in MODFLOW Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Results Simulated fluxes in MODFLOW Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver
Conclusion • Riverbed K and flux estimates display strong spatialvariabilityat meter-scale • No clear correlation between riverbed K and vertical flux estimates • Riverbeds are complex structures that are characterized by complex flow fields • Lateralfluxes throughtheriverbanksandriverbedarean importantcontributorto totalriver-aquiferexchange fluxes • Assumption of strictly vertical fluxes violated near banks Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAa River
Thankyou! Questions? Contact: Gert.ghysels@vub.be Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAa River
Methodology Geophysical Measurements Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver Benoit et al. (2018), Hydrogeol. J.
Results Geophysical Measurements as secondaryinformation Characterizing River-AquiferInteractionat theAaRiver Benoit et al. (2018), Hydrogeol. J.
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