River stage influences on uranium transport in a hydrologically dynamic groundwater-surface water transition zone
Abstract
In this study, a well-field within a uranium (U) plume in the groundwater-surface water transition zone was monitored for a 3 year period for water table elevation and dissolved solutes. The plume discharges to the Columbia River, which displays a dramatic spring stage surge resulting from snowmelt. Groundwater exhibits a low hydrologic gradient and chemical differences with river water. River water intrudes the site in spring. Specific aims were to assess the impacts of river intrusion on dissolved uranium (Uaq), specific conductance (SpC), and other solutes, and to discriminate between transport, geochemical, and source term heterogeneity effects. Time series trends for Uaq and SpC were complex and displayed large temporal and well-to-well variability as a result of water table elevation fluctuations, river water intrusion, and changes in groundwater flow directions. The wells were clustered into subsets exhibiting common behaviors resulting from the intrusion dynamics of river water and the location of source terms. Hot-spots in Uaq varied in location with increasing water table elevation through the combined effects of advection and source term location. Heuristic reactive transport modeling with PFLOTRAN demonstrated that mobilized Uaq was transported between wells and source terms in complex trajectories, and was diluted as river watermore »
- Authors:
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- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1319407
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2016-5316J
Journal ID: ISSN 0043-1397; 641378
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Water Resources Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 52; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0043-1397
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Zachara, John M., Chen, Xingyuan, Murray, Chris, and Hammond, Glenn. River stage influences on uranium transport in a hydrologically dynamic groundwater-surface water transition zone. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/2015WR018009.
Zachara, John M., Chen, Xingyuan, Murray, Chris, & Hammond, Glenn. River stage influences on uranium transport in a hydrologically dynamic groundwater-surface water transition zone. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018009
Zachara, John M., Chen, Xingyuan, Murray, Chris, and Hammond, Glenn. Fri .
"River stage influences on uranium transport in a hydrologically dynamic groundwater-surface water transition zone". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018009. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1319407.
@article{osti_1319407,
title = {River stage influences on uranium transport in a hydrologically dynamic groundwater-surface water transition zone},
author = {Zachara, John M. and Chen, Xingyuan and Murray, Chris and Hammond, Glenn},
abstractNote = {In this study, a well-field within a uranium (U) plume in the groundwater-surface water transition zone was monitored for a 3 year period for water table elevation and dissolved solutes. The plume discharges to the Columbia River, which displays a dramatic spring stage surge resulting from snowmelt. Groundwater exhibits a low hydrologic gradient and chemical differences with river water. River water intrudes the site in spring. Specific aims were to assess the impacts of river intrusion on dissolved uranium (Uaq), specific conductance (SpC), and other solutes, and to discriminate between transport, geochemical, and source term heterogeneity effects. Time series trends for Uaq and SpC were complex and displayed large temporal and well-to-well variability as a result of water table elevation fluctuations, river water intrusion, and changes in groundwater flow directions. The wells were clustered into subsets exhibiting common behaviors resulting from the intrusion dynamics of river water and the location of source terms. Hot-spots in Uaq varied in location with increasing water table elevation through the combined effects of advection and source term location. Heuristic reactive transport modeling with PFLOTRAN demonstrated that mobilized Uaq was transported between wells and source terms in complex trajectories, and was diluted as river water entered and exited the groundwater system. While Uaq time-series concentration trends varied significantly from year-to-year as a result of climate-caused differences in the spring hydrograph, common and partly predictable response patterns were observed that were driven by water table elevation, and the extent and duration of river water intrusion.},
doi = {10.1002/2015WR018009},
journal = {Water Resources Research},
number = 3,
volume = 52,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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