Paper No. 19-8
Presentation Time: 11:00 AM-11:20 AM
GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN CARIBOU BOG, MAINE
REEVE, Andrew S., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, asreeve@maine.edu and SLATER, Lee, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 195 University Ave, Room 407, Newark, NJ 07102

A solute transport experiment is in progress within Caribou Bog, a 2200 hectare peatland located in central Maine. Hydraulic head measurements indicate that ground-water flow in this peatland shift seasonly, with similar patterns observed over several years. In June 2001, 40 liters of NaBr solution were injected into the peat through a 7.6 cm diameter pipe slotted from 1.0 to 1.5 meters below ground surface. The saline tracer has been monitored using electrical resistivity measurements and ground-water sampling. The concentration of bromide in the injections well has dropped from about 25.0 mmol/l (June 2001) to about 0.19 mmol/l (May 2002) and resistivity measurements collected in November 2002 indicate that the center of the saline plume has migrated less than 1 meter. The leading edge of the plume appears to have reached one cluster of monitoring well, located 1.8 m from injection well, in May 2002. Bromide remained below the detection limit (0.002 ppm) in 4 other clusters of wells positioned near the injection well. The migration rate is much slower than the ground-water velocities estimated using Darcy's law (3 m/yr) or the point dilution method (18 m/yr), indicating the plume migration is slowed by physiochemical processes such as sorption of matrix diffusion. We are currently constructing a numerical model to simulate ground-water flow directions and rates in our study area.

Northeastern Section - 38th Annual Meeting (March 27-29, 2003)
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Session No. 19
Regional Hydrogeological Studies in Northeastern America
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8:15 AM-12:00 PM, Friday, March 28, 2003
 

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