How Does Hydropeaking Alter the Hydrology of a River Reach? A Combined Water Budget, Modeling, and Field Observation Study. Deerfield River, Massachusetts

Hydroelectric releases on the Deerfield River in northwestern Massachusetts affect surface water-groundwater interactions there by daily reversing the head gradient between river and groundwater. Artificially elevated stage drives river water into the riparian aquifer. Water budget analysis indica...

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Main Author: Yellen, Brian C
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2012
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/760
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1865&context=theses