Hydrothermal study to estimate vertical groundwater flow in the Canutillo Well Field, between Las Cruces and El Paso. Technical completion report
The vertical component of specific discharge was estimated across several depth zones in the aquifer systems at Canutillo, Texas. The specific discharge was estimated with temperature and thermal conductivity data from four observation wells bottoming near the base of the aquifer system. The authors developed a computer model to determine if the temperatures may be remanent and therefore reflect prepumping groundwater flow, particularly in the deep flow zone. The computer model estimates and steady-state vertical specific discharge estimates were similar for the upper zone having downward flow. In the deep zone, specific discharge estimates modeled on the computer for minimum (prepumping) upflow agreed with steady-state heat-flow specific discharge estimates. Hence current temperature data may demonstrate a significant remanent groundwater flow component.
- Research Organization:
- New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States). New Mexico Water Resources Research Inst.
- OSTI ID:
- 56474
- Report Number(s):
- PB-95-200374/XAB; CNN: Contract USGS-14-08-0001-G2035-08; TRN: 51441816
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Also pub. as New Mexico Water Resources Research Inst., Las Cruces rept. nos. TECHNICAL COMPLETION-282 and WRRI-282; PBD: Feb 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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