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Temperature-Profile Methods for Estimating Percolation Rates in Arid Environments

^a U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025
^b University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
^c Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545

View larger version (34K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Hypothetical deep and shallow temperature profiles for the region of variable temperature and the region of constant temperature with time (i.e., region of temporal stability).

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Observed annual temperature envelope beneath the Rio Grande near Albuquerque, NM.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Optimal simulated inverse fit compared with observed temperatures beneath the Rio Grande near Albuquerque, NM, for July 1998.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. A typical daily temperature envelope beneath Bear Canyon, NM.

View larger version (10K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. The observed sediment-temperature patterns approximately 275 m west of the mountain-front in Bear Canyon, NM, compared with optimal simulated temperatures at a depth of 0.6 m during June 1997.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Fig. 6. The best-fit match of simulated streambed sediment temperatures at 0.3 m beneath the channel to observed temperatures for the May 1999 streamflow event on the Santa Fe River, NM.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Fig. 7. Measured temperatures profile (solid diamonds) beneath Frenchman Flat, NV, compared with three analytical solutions with percolation rates of 1, 10, and 50 mm d-1.

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Fig. 8a. The observed rock-temperature profile for Borehole H-3 underlying Yucca Mountain, NV, compared with Case 1 simulation results, with stratigraphy shown in the body of the plot.

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Fig. 8b. The observed rock-temperature profiles for Borehole WT-2 underlying Yucca Mountain, NV, compared with Case 1 simulation results, with stratigraphy shown in the body of the plot.