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Isotope hydrological study of mean transit times in an alpine basin (Wimbachtal, Germany) |
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| Authors: | Piotr Maloszewski Werner Rauert Peter Trimborn Andreas Herrmann Rolf Rau |
| Institution: | a GSF-Institut für Hydrologie, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-8042, Neuherberg, Germany b Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie, Technische Universität, Langer Kamp 19c, D-3300, Braunschweig, Germany c Kommission für Glaziologie, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Marstallplatz 8, D-8000, München 2, Germany |
| Abstract: | Measurements of tritium and 18O concentrations in precipitation and runoff were used to provide further insight into the groundwater storage properties of the Wimbachtal Valley, a catchment area of 33.4 km2, extending between 636 and 2713 m a.s.l. in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The catchment includes three aquifer types: a dominant porous aquifer; a fractured dolomite; a karstic limestone aquifer. Employing a simple hydrological model, information about mean transit times of environmental tracers is derived for the groundwater runoff component and several karst springs from the application of the exponential and dispersion flow models to the isotopic input and output data. The mean transit times calculated from a dispersion model with transit times of 4.1 years for 18O and 4.2 years for tritium, which agree well, allow calculation of total (mobile + stagnant) groundwater storage volume, which is equivalent to 6.6 m of water depth. Direct runoff appears negligible as in many other cases. |
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