Schäffer, Rafael ; Sass, Ingo ; Heldmann, Claus-Dieter (2020)
Water supply in times of climate change — Tracer tests to identify the catchment area of an Alpine karst spring, Tyrol, Austria.
In: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2020, 52 (1)
doi: 10.25534/tuprints-00013341
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Climate change and glacial retreat are changing the runoff behavior of Alpine springs and streams. For example, in the extremely dry and hot summer of 2018, many springs used for drinking water supply lost up to 50 percent of their average discharge; a few springs have even run dry. In order to ensure drinking water supply in the future, springs featuring large and constantly sufficient discharge rates will have to be identified and tapped. A case study was undertaken at the Tuxbachquelle because catchment area and temporal variation of physicochemical and hydrochemical properties were previously unknown. Tracer tests with uranine proved a hydraulic connection between this karst spring and a stream a few kilometers uphill. At low runoff, uranine needed about 4½ hours from the sink to the spring, whereas at high runoff more than four days was required. It became evident that discharge, electrical conductivity, temperature, and turbidity of the Tuxbachquelle respond within a few hours to precipitation events. The water quality and an examination of the water balance resulted in a significantly larger catchment area. It is assumed that widely karstified calcite marble subterraneously drains a considerable part of the Tuxertal (Tux Valley), including some active rock glaciers.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2020 |
| Autor(en): | Schäffer, Rafael ; Sass, Ingo ; Heldmann, Claus-Dieter |
| Art des Eintrags: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Titel: | Water supply in times of climate change — Tracer tests to identify the catchment area of an Alpine karst spring, Tyrol, Austria |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2020 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2020 |
| Verlag: | Taylor & Francis |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 52 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 1 |
| DOI: | 10.25534/tuprints-00013341 |
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/13341 |
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| Herkunft: | Zweitveröffentlichung aus gefördertem Golden Open Access |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Climate change and glacial retreat are changing the runoff behavior of Alpine springs and streams. For example, in the extremely dry and hot summer of 2018, many springs used for drinking water supply lost up to 50 percent of their average discharge; a few springs have even run dry. In order to ensure drinking water supply in the future, springs featuring large and constantly sufficient discharge rates will have to be identified and tapped. A case study was undertaken at the Tuxbachquelle because catchment area and temporal variation of physicochemical and hydrochemical properties were previously unknown. Tracer tests with uranine proved a hydraulic connection between this karst spring and a stream a few kilometers uphill. At low runoff, uranine needed about 4½ hours from the sink to the spring, whereas at high runoff more than four days was required. It became evident that discharge, electrical conductivity, temperature, and turbidity of the Tuxbachquelle respond within a few hours to precipitation events. The water quality and an examination of the water balance resulted in a significantly larger catchment area. It is assumed that widely karstified calcite marble subterraneously drains a considerable part of the Tuxertal (Tux Valley), including some active rock glaciers. |
| Status: | Verlagsversion |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-133415 |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften > Fachgebiet Angewandte Geothermie Zentrale Einrichtungen Zentrale Einrichtungen > Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ULB) |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 21 Aug 2020 08:56 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 09 Aug 2024 06:51 |
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