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Stream bed temperature pro®les were monitored continuously during water year 1990 and 1991 (WY90 and 91) in two New Mexico arroyos, similar in their meteorological features and dissimilar in their hydrological features. Stream bed temperature pro®les between depths of 30 and 300 cm were examined to determine whether temporal changes in temperature pro®les represent accurate indicators of the timing, depth and duration of percolation in each stream bed. These results were compared with stream ̄ow, air temperature, and precipitation records for WY90 and 91, to evaluate the eect of changing surface conditions on temperature pro®les. Temperature pro®les indicate a persistently high thermal gradient with depth beneath Grantline Arroyo, except during a semi-annual thermal reversal in spring and autumn. This typi®es the thermal response of dry sediments with low thermal conductivities. High thermal gradients were disrupted only during infrequent stream ̄ows, followed by rapid re-establishment of high gradients. The stream bed temperature at 300 cm was unresponsive to individual precipitation or stream ̄ow during WY90 and 91. This thermal pattern provides strong evidence that most seepa
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- Author
- Jim Constantz; Carole L. Thomas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0885-6087)
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)