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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 98, 2019
16th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction (WRI-16) and 13th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry (1st IAGC International Conference)
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Article Number | 12011 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Applied Isotope Geochemistry | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199812011 | |
Published online | 07 June 2019 |
Tracing surface and ground water with stable isotopes in a small permafrost research catchment
Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS, Merzlotnaya 36 677010, Yakutsk, Russia
* Corresponding author: lyudmilaslebedeva@gmail.com
The study aims at assessing groundwater contribution to the streamflow at the small permafrost Shestakovka river watershed in Central Yakutia. Water from stream, lakes, snow, rain, surface flow and suprapermafrost groundwater is characterized by specific isotopic signature. At least one third of the spring flood is formed by “old” pre-event water as showed by mixing model based on stable isotopes as tracers. Presence of talik aquifers associated with sandy hills covered by pine forest suggests that talik groundwater could be an important source of streamflow at the small river basin in continuous permafrost.
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