The Fragility of Bedform‐Induced Hyporheic Zones: Exploring Impacts of Dynamic Groundwater Table Fluctuations

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Názov: The Fragility of Bedform‐Induced Hyporheic Zones: Exploring Impacts of Dynamic Groundwater Table Fluctuations
Autori: L. Wu, J. D. Gomez‐Velez, L. Li, K. C. Carroll
Zdroj: Water Resources Research, Vol 60, Iss 7, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Informácie o vydavateľovi: American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2024.
Rok vydania: 2024
Predmety: Environmental sciences, dynamic, hyporheic zone, 13. Climate action, surface water‐groundwater interaction, river corridor connectivity, 0208 environmental biotechnology, 0207 environmental engineering, disconnection, intermittent river, GE1-350, 02 engineering and technology, 6. Clean water
Popis: Hyporheic zones are commonly regarded as resilient and enduring interfaces between groundwater and surface water in river corridors. In particular, bedform‐induced advective pumping hyporheic exchange (bedform‐induced exchange) is often perceived as a relatively persistent mechanism in natural river systems driving water, solutes, and energy exchanges between the channel and its surrounding streambed sediments. Numerous studies have been based on this presumption. To evaluate the persistence of hyporheic zones under varying hydrologic conditions, we use a multi‐physics framework to model advective pumping bedform‐induced hyporheic exchange in response to a series of seasonal‐ and event‐scale groundwater table fluctuation scenarios, which lead to episodic river‐aquifer disconnections and reconnections. Our results suggest that hyporheic exchange is not as ubiquitous as generally assumed. Instead, the bedform‐induced hyporheic exchange is restricted to a narrow range of conditions characterized by minor river‐groundwater head differences, is intermittent, and can be easily obliterated by minor losing groundwater conditions. These findings shed light on the fragility of bedform‐induced hyporheic exchange and have important implications for biogeochemical transformations along river corridors.
Druh dokumentu: Article
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 1944-7973
0043-1397
DOI: 10.1029/2023wr036706
Prístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/ec2376f1495c4b3b99aa0cf11edef91e
Rights: CC BY
Prístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....c7e34eb53d52c480902fadc05a99529f
Databáza: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Hyporheic zones are commonly regarded as resilient and enduring interfaces between groundwater and surface water in river corridors. In particular, bedform‐induced advective pumping hyporheic exchange (bedform‐induced exchange) is often perceived as a relatively persistent mechanism in natural river systems driving water, solutes, and energy exchanges between the channel and its surrounding streambed sediments. Numerous studies have been based on this presumption. To evaluate the persistence of hyporheic zones under varying hydrologic conditions, we use a multi‐physics framework to model advective pumping bedform‐induced hyporheic exchange in response to a series of seasonal‐ and event‐scale groundwater table fluctuation scenarios, which lead to episodic river‐aquifer disconnections and reconnections. Our results suggest that hyporheic exchange is not as ubiquitous as generally assumed. Instead, the bedform‐induced hyporheic exchange is restricted to a narrow range of conditions characterized by minor river‐groundwater head differences, is intermittent, and can be easily obliterated by minor losing groundwater conditions. These findings shed light on the fragility of bedform‐induced hyporheic exchange and have important implications for biogeochemical transformations along river corridors.
ISSN:19447973
00431397
DOI:10.1029/2023wr036706