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DRY STREAM REACHES IN CARBONATE TERRANES: SURFACE INDICATORS OF GROUND‐WATER RESERVOIRS 1
Author(s) -
Brahana J. V.,
Hollyday E. F.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1988.tb00907.x
Subject(s) - geology , carbonate , hydrology (agriculture) , bedding , surface water , groundwater , drainage basin , drainage , remote sensing , channel (broadcasting) , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , environmental engineering , ecology , materials science , cartography , engineering , horticulture , geography , electrical engineering , metallurgy , biology
The method of identifying dry stream reaches in carbonate terrane as surface indicators of potential ground‐water reservoirs offers a valuable exploration technique that is more rapid and less expensive than traditional exploration methods involving random test drilling. In areas where dry stream reaches occur, subsurface drainage successfully competes with surface drainage, and sheet‐like dissolution openings have developed parallel to bedding creating the ground‐water reservoir. The occurrence and hydraulic characteristics of such reservoirs are highly variable, as attested to by the wide range of well yields. Union Hollow in south‐central Tennessee is the setting for a case study that illustrates the application of the dry stream reach technique. In this technique, dry stream reach identification is based on two types of readily acquired information: (1) remotely sensed black and white infrared aerial photography; and (2) surface reconnaissance of stream channel characteristics. Test drilling in Union Hollow subsequent to identification of the dry reach proved that a localized ground‐water reservoir was present.