Data used for calculating chloride flux out of Yellowstone National Park for the water years 1983-1999
Friedman II and Norton DR. 2000. Data used for calculating chloride flux out of Yellowstone National Park for the water years 1983-1999. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Report. 00-194. USGS. Denver, CO
Monitoring of chloride flux as a surrogate for heat flux out of Yellowstone National Park has been carried out to quantify the scientific data which can be used to understand the temporal changes in the plumbing system that connect the magmatic reservoirs to shallow geothermal systems underlying the Park, and establishment of baseline data to assess possible future adverse impacts on the thermal features by proposed commercial development of geothermal, oil and gas resources adjacent to the Park. Tabulated here without interpretative comment are river discharge, chloride concentrations and instantaneous chloride fluxes for the Fall, Madison, Snake, and Yellowstone Rivers at sites near the boundary of the Park, and for the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers near their confluence to form the Madison River. In addition data is presented for the Gardner River above it's confluence with the Yellowstone River, and the Henry's Fork River near Ashton, Idaho. This study includes the water years 1983-1999.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Friedman, I; Norton, Daniel
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Publisher
- USGS
- Units
- HIST , YELL
- Keywords
- Chloride (Cl-), chloride flux, ehistory, Fall River, Firehole River, Gardner River, Geochemistry, Geology, Geothermal Resources, Gibbon River, Groundwater, Heat Flow, Henry's Fork River, History, Madison River, Monitoring, Rivers and Streams, Snake River, Yellowstone River