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Characterizing Groundwater Flow Dynamics and Storage Capacity in an Active Rock Glacier

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  1. Simon Seelig

    1. Graz, Austria

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Part of the book series: BestMasters (BEST)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Simon Seelig
    Pages 1-2

  3. Study Site

    • Simon Seelig
    Pages 3-9

  4. Methods

    • Simon Seelig
    Pages 11-50

  5. Results and Interpretation

    • Simon Seelig
    Pages 51-90

  6. Discussion

    • Simon Seelig
    Pages 91-135

  7. Conclusion

    • Simon Seelig
    Pages 137-138

  8. Outlook

    • Simon Seelig
    Pages 139-143

  9. Correction to: Characterizing Groundwater Flow Dynamics and Storage Capacity in an Active Rock Glacier

    • Simon Seelig
    Pages C1-C1

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 145-158
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Alpine aquifers play a critical role in the hydrology of mountainous areas by sustaining base flow in downstream rivers during dry periods and retarding flood propagation after heavy precipitation events. Progressing climate change alters climatic and meteorological boundary conditions as well as the hydraulic response of alpine catchments by ablating glaciers and thawing permafrost. Rock glaciers exert a controlling influence on the catchment response due to their prominent groundwater storage and complex drainage characteristics. This thesis investigates the hydrogeology and internal structure of the active rock glacier Innere Ölgrube (Ötztal Alps), which governs catchment runoff and is affected by permafrost degradation. A 3D geometrical model of its internal structure is obtained by combining geophysical data and permafrost creep modelling. Available data and new results are integrated into a conceptual hydrogeological model providing a sound basis for the implementation of a prospective numerical groundwater flow model. Hydraulic properties of the hydrostratigraphic units constituting the rock glacier are estimated and groundwater recharge fluxes quantified. Fundamental properties of the heterogeneous groundwater flow system within the rock glacier are discussed and compared to existing rock glacier studies.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Graz, Austria

    Simon Seelig

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About the author

Simon Seelig is currently working on alpine water resources and climate change as PhD student at the University of Graz, Austria. His educational background is geosciences, focusing on hydrogeology and engineering geology at the Universities of Graz, Leoben, and Waterloo (ON).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Characterizing Groundwater Flow Dynamics and Storage Capacity in an Active Rock Glacier

  • Authors: Simon Seelig

  • Series Title: BestMasters

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37073-2

  • Publisher: Springer Spektrum Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-37072-5Published: 08 March 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-37073-2Published: 07 March 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2625-3577

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-3615

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 158

  • Number of Illustrations: 56 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environment, general, Water, general

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