Twilight Session: Watershed Hydrology: Fracking, climate change, glaciers and other fun topics
Twilight Session: Watershed Hydrology: Fracking, climate change, glaciers and other fun topics
Confluence B (Westin Denver Downtown)
This course is an overview of watershed hydrology, emphasizing surface/groundwater interactions and watershed responses. The emphasis will be on mountain environments, but the approach is applicable to most ecosystems. The course will address some of the newer tools being developed to improve our understanding of surface/groundwater interactions at the watershed scale, including natural and applied tracers, isotopes, and hydrologic mixing models. Class discussions will include using these tools to improve our understanding of how perturbations may or may not change surface/groundwater interactions, including hydraulic fracturing, acid mine drainage, climate change, and retreating glaciers.
Presenter:
Mark Williams
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