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Subsurface moisture regulates Himalayan groundwater storage and discharge

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Illien,  Luc
4.6 Geomorphology, 4.0 Geosystems, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;
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Andermann,  C.
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Sens-Schönfelder,  C.
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Cook,  K.
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Baidya,  K. P.
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Adhikari,  L. B.
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Hovius,  Niels
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Illien, L., Andermann, C., Sens-Schönfelder, C., Cook, K., Baidya, K. P., Adhikari, L. B., Hovius, N. (2021): Subsurface moisture regulates Himalayan groundwater storage and discharge. - AGU Advances, 2, 2, e2021AV000398.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000398


Zitierlink: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5005423
Zusammenfassung
Through the release of groundwater, most mountain rivers run year-round despite their small catchments and sporadic precipitation. This makes mountain ranges important sources of reliable freshwater for downstream populations in many parts of the world. However, due to a lack of ground instrumentation, little is known about groundwater dynamics in mountainous landscapes. Recent research has shown that the amount of moisture trapped in the soil and weathered rocks in the vadose zone can significantly buffer groundwater recharge and runoff but the wider recognition of this effect on major mountain systems has not been yet established. In this study, we test whether the moisture reservoir has an impact on hydrological fluxes in a steep Himalayan catchment during three monsoon seasons. We measured an array of parameters including relative seismic velocity changes from ambient noise correlations. This noninvasive technique allows us to monitor groundwater dynamics in conjunction with classical hydrological measurements. We found that the moisture saturation in the vadose zone controls the onset of groundwater recharge and runoff and therefore determines the annual water availability supplied by monsoon precipitation. We model this dynamic using a surface layer that has a finite storage capacity that controls the connectivity of surface flux to groundwater. The extension of this concept, which is thought to apply widely in flat and undulating landscapes, to steep mountain topography with thin and discontinuous soils underlain by regolith and bedrock has important implications for mountain hydrology.