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Identification Of Subaqueous Groundwater Discharge To Large Scale Surface Water Bodies, East Tennessee Technology Park Site, Doe Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Thomas Frank Zondlo

Masters Theses

In East Tennessee, the Tennessee River and its tributaries cut across many of the sub-parallel strike valleys in the Valley and Ridge several times, including the karstic carbonate strike belts within them. The construction of dams along the Tennessee River and its tributaries, including the Clinch River, has increased the river stage between 5 and 20 m, which caused inundation of considerable areas. This also raised the baselevel for drainage, thus altering the groundwater regime within the valleys intersected by these rivers. The stud area addressed in this research includes an industrial facility situated on karstic carbonate bedrock which is …