期刊
WATER
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w11010123
关键词
semi-humid; runoff generation; hydrograph separation; weathered
资金
- National Science Foundation of China [91647205, 51825902]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of P. R. China [2016YFC0402701]
- foundation of State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering of Tsinghua University [2016-KY-03]
Few of the classical field studies of streamflow generation in headwater watersheds have been conducted in catchments with thin soils and deeply weathered crystalline silicate bedrock. As such, the role of the (potentially very large) storage capacity of weathered, fractured rock in baseflow and storm event discharge remains poorly characterized. Here we present a study of streamflow generation in an upland semi-humid watershed (Xitaizi Experimental Watershed, XEW, 4.22 km(2)) dominated by baseflow feeding one of the main water supply reservoirs for the city of Beijing, China. This catchment is relatively dry (625 mm/yr precipitation, 480 mm/yr Evapotranspiration), but has strongly seasonal precipitation that varies in phase with strongly seasonal potential evapotranspiration. The catchment was instrumented with four weather stations and precipitation collectors, 11 deep wells drilled into the bedrock along three hillslopes, and additional soil moisture sensors and water samplers along one hillslope. In six storm events over two years, samples of rainfall, soil water (10-80 cm depth), groundwater, and stream water were collected with high frequency and analyzed for stable water isotopes (O-18 and H-2). Tracer-based hydrograph separation showed that event water (precipitation) makes up the majority of the hydrograph peak above baseflow, and pre-event water contributions (on average) simply represent the steady release of groundwater. The quantity of event water corresponded to a very small effective contributing area (<0.2% of the catchment) that nevertheless showed a clear dependence on catchment wetness as measured by the streamflow. The streamflow itself was isotopically identical to the deep groundwater in wells. This suggests that the fractured, weathered, bedrock system dominates the production of streamflow in this catchment.
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