Characterization of Interactions between Surface Water and Near-Stream Groundwater along Fish Creek, Teton County, Wyoming, by Using Heat as a Tracer

摘要

The purpose of this report is to describe interactions between surface water and near-stream groundwater along Fish Creek by using temperature (as a natural tracer), stage, and water-level data collected from October 2004 to October 2006 from three cross sections on the creek. The interactions are qualitatively described as the direction and relative magnitude of flow based on measured temperature and water-level data and are quantitatively described as fluxes between surface water and groundwater based on the model simulations of flow and heat transport. The simulated fluxes were compared with the streamflow gains and losses determined during the 2004 seepage investigation.