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Regional and local hydrology of a created riparian wetland system

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The hydrology of a created riparian wetland system was characterized for local and regional conditions. Three methods, two laboratory and onein situ, were used to calculate the hydraulic conductivity of the wetland substrate. Hydraulic conductivity values and measured vertical gradients were used to estimate seepage loss to ground water. Surface-water inflow and outflow dominated the hydrologic budget for the wetland. Precipitation, seepage loss, and evapotranspiration were minor components of the hydrologic budget. Water seeping from the wetland into the ground-water-flow system has characteristics of a local ground-water-flow system. Ground-water modeling and particle tracking show that water originating from the wetland seeps into the ground water and flows in the local ground-water system to the southeast portion of the site. Ground-water travel times were estimated to range from 700 to 1,200 days before being discharged to the Olentangy River.

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  1. John S. Koreny

    Present address: GeoEngineers, Inc., 8410-154th Avenue NE, 98052, Redmond, Washington, USA

  2. Xinyuan Wu

    Present address: Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, Texas, USA

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  1. Environmental Science Graduate Program and School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, 43210, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    John S. Koreny, William J. Mitsch & Xinyuan Wu

  2. Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall, 125 S. Oval Mall, 43210, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    E. Scott Bair

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Koreny, J.S., Mitsch, W.J., Bair, E.S. et al. Regional and local hydrology of a created riparian wetland system. Wetlands 19, 182–193 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03161748

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