Groundwater Age Dating in and Near Arches National Park, Utah
Masbrush MD, Solomon DK, Harte J. 2010. Groundwater Age Dating in and Near Arches National Park, Utah. State of Utah, Department of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey. Salt Lake City, UT
The objectives of this study were to determine the age and origin of recharge for waters issuing from four springs in Courthouse Wash and Sevenmile Canyon in Arches National Park, and waters from four wells screened within the Moab Member of the Curtis Formation, Slickrock Member of the Entrada Sandstone, or the Navajo Sandstone aquifers adjacent to Courthouse Wash and Sevenmile Canyon. Noble gas thermometry and stable isotopes were used to estimate the recharge elevation for these waters, and the environmental tracers tritium and chlorofluorocarbons were used to determine the age of waters within these aquifers.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Masbrush, Melissa; Solomon, D; Harte, James
- Date of Issue
- 2010-02-24
- Publisher
- State of Utah, Department of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey
- Units
- ARCH , WRD
- Keywords
- age of waters, chlorofluorocarbons, Courthouse Wash, Courthouse-Sevenmile Canyon Spring system, Curtis Formation, Entrada Sandstone Aquifer, environmental tracers, Fractures (Geologic), Geochemistry, Grand County, Ground Water, Hydrology, Navajo Sandstone Aquifer, NCPN springs literature 2003, Noble gas thermometry, Recharge, Slickrock Member, spring flow, Springs, stable isotopes, Surface Water, tritium, Water Levels, Water Quality, Wells, WRBIB