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Geochemistry and Strontium Isotopes for Coal Creek Watershed, Colorado, 2021-2022

Creators: Johnson, Keira, Williams, Kenneth, Christensen, John, Beutler, Curtis, Dong, Wenming, Sullivan, Pamela
Year: 2025
DOI: 10.15485/2473235
Location: The East River (ER) is a snow‐dominated, headwater basin of the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) located in the western United States. The ER is the designated testbed of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area (WFSFA). Through WFSFA, observational networks have been established to measure stream discharge and precipitation chemistry. The ER is considered representative of many snow‐dominated headwaters of the Rocky Mountains. The study domain encompasse
Publisher: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Watershed Function SFA
Tags: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > ISOTOPES > RADIOISOTOPES, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > GROUND WATER FEATURES > FRESHWATER SPRINGS, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > RIVERS/STREAMS, ESS-DIVE File Level Metadata Reporting Format, ESS-DIVE CSV File Formatting Guidelines Reporting Format, Alpine & Subalpine Ecology, Hydrology & Watersheds, Groundwater, Geology & Tectonics, Geochemistry & Isotopes, Mining & Mineral Resources, Research Programs

Description

The geochemistry and strontium isotope data for Coal Creek Watershed, Colorado, consists of cation, anion, and 87Sr/87Sr isotope values from samples collected at 8 stream location along Coal Creek, samples from two groundwater springs within the watershed, and a shallow subsurface piezometer. All stream and spring samples were collected between June and October, 2021, and the shallow, near stream piezometer sample was collected in July of 2022. These data were collected to evaluate how groundwater contributions to Coal Creek originating from shallow vs deep flow paths respond 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 cation samples; (2) a csv of all anion samples; (3) a csv of all 87Sr/87Sr 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.

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