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Identifying A Mechanism For An Infiltration Threshold From The Sunflower River, Ms To The Underlying Alluvial Aquifer, Austin Cole Patton
Identifying A Mechanism For An Infiltration Threshold From The Sunflower River, Ms To The Underlying Alluvial Aquifer, Austin Cole Patton
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Long-term groundwater level and stream stage measurements at a USGS coupled groundwater stream-gaging station located on the Sunflower River in Sunflower, MS show an apparent stage-threshold for infiltration to the underlying alluvial aquifer. This site is located near the center of a large regional groundwater cone of depression in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer. The USGS well (termed well 3 in this study) was thought to be completed in the regional shallow aquifer, though often recording anomalously high water levels relative to other wells in the region. The purpose of this research was to identify the responsible mechanism for …