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Hydrology of the Bonneville Salt Flats, northwestern Utah, and simulation of ground-water flow and solute transport in the shallow-brine aquifer

Professional Paper 1585
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management
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https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1585

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Abstract

This report describes the hydrologic system of the Bonneville Salt Flats with emphasis on the mechanisms of solute transport. Variable-density, three-dimensional computer simulations of the near-surface part of the ground-water system were done to quantify both the transport of salt dissolved in subsurface brine that leaves the salt-crust area and the salt dissolved and precipitated on the land surface. The study was designed to define the hydrology of the brine ground-water system and the natural and anthropogenic processes causing salt loss, and where feasible, to quantify these processes. Specific areas of study include the transport of salt in solution by ground-water flow and the transport of salt in solution by wind-driven ponds and the subsequent salt precipitation on the surface of the playa upon evaporation or seepage into the subsurface. In addition, hydraulic and chemical changes in the hydrologic system since previous studies were documented.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrology of the Bonneville Salt Flats, northwestern Utah, and simulation of ground-water flow and solute transport in the shallow-brine aquifer
Series title Professional Paper
Series number 1585
ISBN 0-607-88306-5
DOI 10.3133/pp1585
Year Published 1998
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Denver, CO
Contributing office(s) Toxic Substances Hydrology Program, Utah Water Science Center
Description viii, 108 p.
Country United States
State Utah
Other Geospatial Bonneville Salt Flats
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