Radon Isotopes and Stable Water Isotopes from Coal Creek Watershed, Colorado (2021)

Dataset · Fri Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.15485/2283437· OSTI ID:2283437

Johnson, Keira ^[1]; Christensen, John ^[2]; Williams, Kenneth Hurst ^[2]; Gardner, William Payton ^[3]; Sullivan, Pamela ^[4]; Brown, Wendy ^[5]; Beutler, Curtis ^[2]; Thiros, Nicholas ^[2]

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1. Oregon State University; Oregon State University
2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
3. University of Montana
4. Oregon State University
5. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

The radon isotope and stable water isotope data for Coal Creek Watershed, Colorado, consists of d2H, d18O, and 222Rn values from samples collected at 8 stream location along Coal Creek, samples from 7 groundwater springs within the watershed, and precipitation isotope samples collected by Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS) from a collector within the watershed. All stream and spring samples were collected between June and October, 2021, and precipitation isotope samples were collected between November 2020 and September 2021. These data were collected to evaluate how groundwater contributions to Coal Creek originating from a fractured hillslope and alluvial fan respond to summer monsoon rains and seasonal drying. Understanding of groundwater-surface water interactions in montane systems in critical for the future of water availability in the Western US as groundwater contributions are expected to become more important for sustaining summer stream flows. This data package contains: (1) a csv of all radon samples; (2) a csv of all stream and spring isotope samples; (3) a csv of precipitation isotope samples; and (4) a csv of locations for each sampling site. The dataset additionally includes a file-level metadata (flmd.csv) file that lists each file contained in the dataset with associated metadata; and a data dictionary (dd.csv) file that contains column/row headers used throughout the files along with a definition, units, and data type.

• Research Organization: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Watershed Function SFA
• Sponsoring Organization: U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0020146; AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 2283437
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > GROUND WATER FEATURES > FRESHWATER SPRINGS
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > RIVERS/STREAMS
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > ISOTOPES > RADIOISOTOPES
EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > ISOTOPES > STABLE ISOTOPES
ESS-DIVE CSV File Formatting Guidelines Reporting Format
ESS-DIVE File Level Metadata Reporting Format