Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge
At depths of over 500 m, deep groundwater has long residence times and likely contributes less than 0.1% to global streamflow and only sporadically connects with the surface terrestrial water cycle on geological timescales, according to estimates derived from the chloride mass balance approach.
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| author | Grant Ferguson Jennifer C. McIntosh Scott Jasechko Ji-Hyun Kim James S. Famiglietti Jeffrey J. McDonnell |
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| description | At depths of over 500 m, deep groundwater has long residence times and likely contributes less than 0.1% to global streamflow and only sporadically connects with the surface terrestrial water cycle on geological timescales, according to estimates derived from the chloride mass balance approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f3e2dba1ecb2448297404dbfe9b0529a2023-03-22T12:28:29ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352023-02-01411810.1038/s43247-023-00697-6Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river dischargeGrant Ferguson0Jennifer C. McIntosh1Scott Jasechko2Ji-Hyun Kim3James S. Famiglietti4Jeffrey J. McDonnell5Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of SaskatchewanDepartment of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of SaskatchewanBren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Geoscience, University of CalgarySchool of Environment and Sustainability, University of SaskatchewanSchool of Environment and Sustainability, University of SaskatchewanAt depths of over 500 m, deep groundwater has long residence times and likely contributes less than 0.1% to global streamflow and only sporadically connects with the surface terrestrial water cycle on geological timescales, according to estimates derived from the chloride mass balance approach.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00697-6 |
| spellingShingle | Grant Ferguson Jennifer C. McIntosh Scott Jasechko Ji-Hyun Kim James S. Famiglietti Jeffrey J. McDonnell Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge Communications Earth & Environment |
| title | Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge |
| title_full | Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge |
| title_fullStr | Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge |
| title_short | Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge |
| title_sort | groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0 1 of global river discharge |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00697-6 |
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