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1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Study on residence times of discharge water and on uniforming processes of solute concentration of water in a mountainous forested basin

Research Project

Project/Area Number 03680209
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 自然地理学
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

TANAKA Tadashi  Institute of Geoscience, Associate Prof., 地球科学系, 助教授 (50015880)

Project Period (FY) 1991 – 1993
KeywordsResidence time / Tritium / Stable isotope ratio / Mixing model / Homogenization / Riparian zone / Divergent zero flux plane / Convergent zero flux plane
Research Abstract

Water residence times and uniforming processes of solute concentration of water in a mountainous forested basin on the central of Japan were investigated using environmental isotopes such as tritium, deuterium and oxygen-18 as tracers. The results of the study are summariezed as follows.
1)Residence times estimated from a dispersive flow model of soil water and groundwater were about 4 months and 19 years, respectively.
2)Stream water was a mixture of soil water having a short residence time and groundwater having a relatively long residence time. The fraction of groundwater in the stream mixture averaged about 30 % annualy as determined from a simple mixing model.
3)Mixing place of soil water and groundwater was at the slope foot and at the valley bottom called the riparian zone where stream lines of both waters concentrated to feeding stream discharge water.
4)Stable isotope ratios of soil water below the depth of 1.0 m were relatively uniform comparing with that of above 1.0 m depth, of which values were affected largely depending on values of the input water.
5)Above mentioned homogenization of stable isotope ratios of soil water was attributed to the dynamic behavior of soil water such as the development and the disappearance of both divergent and convegent zero flux planes occurred duringe evaporation and infiltration processes.

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    (10 results)

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All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] Tase,N.,Tsujimura,M.,Tanaka,T.,Kotoda,K.and Taniyama,M.: "Diurnal fluctuations in stream flow of the two small basins." Ann.Rep.Inst.Geosci.Univ.Tsukuba. NO.17. 33-35 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Tanaka,T.,Tsujimura,M.,Shimada,J.,Itadera,K.,Nakai,N.and Kusakabe,M.: "Relationship between deuterium and oxygen-18 delta-values of soil water in humid tropical and humid temperate regions." Ann.Rep.Inst.Geosci.Univ.Tsukuba. NO.18. 27-32 (1992)

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  • [Publications] Matsutani,J.Tanaka,T.and Tsujimura,M.: "Residence times of soil,ground,and discharge waters in a mauntainous headwater basin,central Japan,traced by tritium." Int.Asso.Hydral.Sci.Publ.NO.215. 57-65 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Tsujimura,M.,Tanaka,T.and Kayane,I.: "Behaviour of subsurface water and solute transport in a steep farested mountainous basin,Japan." Int.Asso.Hydral.Sci.Publ.NO.216. 471-480 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Nakano,T.,Tanaka,T.,Tsujimura,M.and Matsutani,J.: "Strontium isotopes in sail-plant-atmosphere continuum(SPAC)." Int.Asso.Hydral.Sci.Publ.NO.215. 73-79 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Tase, N., Tsujimura, M., Tanaka, T., Kotoda, K.and Taniyama, M.: "Diurnal fluctuations in streamflow of the two small basins." Ann.Rep.Inst.Geosci.Univ.Tsukuba. No.17. 33-35 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Tanaka, T., Tsujimura, M., Shimada, J., Itadera, K., Nakai, N.and Kusakabe, M.: "Relationship between deuterium and oxygen-18 delta-values of soil water in humid tropical and humid temperate regions." Ann.Rep.Inst.Geo-Sci.Univ.Tsukuba. No.18. 27-32 (1992)

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  • [Publications] Matsutani, J., Tanaka, T.and Tsujimura, M.: "Residence times of soil, ground, and discharge waters in a mountainous headwater basin, central Japan, traced by tritium." Int.Asso.Hydrol.Sci.Publ.No.215. 57-65 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Tsujimura, M., Tanaka, T.and Kayama, I.: "Behavior of subsurface water and solute transport in a steep forested mountainous basin, Japan." Int.Asso.Hydrol.Sci.Publ.No.216. 471-480 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Nakano, T., Tanaka, T., Tsujimura, M.and Matsutani, J.: "Strontium isotopes in soil-plant-atmosphere continuum(SPAC)." Int.Asso.Hydrol.Sci.Publ.No.215. 73-79 (1993)

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Published: 1995-03-27  

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