A 350,000-year history of groundwater recharge in the southern Great Basin, USA

Tracie R. Jackson; Simon D. Steidle; Kathleen A. Wendt; Yuri Dublyansky; R. Lawrence Edwards; Christoph Spötl

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00762-0

Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2023)

A 350,000-year history of groundwater recharge in the southern Great Basin, USA

Tracie R. Jackson,
Simon D. Steidle,
Kathleen A. Wendt,
Yuri Dublyansky,
R. Lawrence Edwards,
Christoph Spötl

Affiliations

Tracie R. Jackson: Nevada Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Simon D. Steidle: Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck
Kathleen A. Wendt: College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Yuri Dublyansky: Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck
R. Lawrence Edwards: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Christoph Spötl: Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00762-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Water-table changes in the southern Great Basin, USA, over the last 350,000 years are 3–4 times as sensitive to recharge changes during drier interglacial than wetter glacial conditions, according to modelling of groundwater flow model informed by paleo-water-level data.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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