Evaluation of Groundwater Sources, Flow Paths, and Residence Time of the Gran Desierto Pozos, Sonora, Mexico
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collection and Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Rainfall
3.2. Ciénega de Santa Clara
3.3. Colorado River Floodplain and San Luis Mesa
3.4. Gran Desierto Pozos and El Golfo Groundwater
4. Discussion
4.1. Rainfall and Local Recharge
4.2. Origin of the Gran Desierto Pozos
4.3. Conceptual Model
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zamora, H.A.; Wilder, B.T.; Eastoe, C.J.; McIntosh, J.C.; Welker, J.; Flessa, K.W. Evaluation of Groundwater Sources, Flow Paths, and Residence Time of the Gran Desierto Pozos, Sonora, Mexico. Geosciences 2019, 9, 378. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090378
Zamora HA, Wilder BT, Eastoe CJ, McIntosh JC, Welker J, Flessa KW. Evaluation of Groundwater Sources, Flow Paths, and Residence Time of the Gran Desierto Pozos, Sonora, Mexico. Geosciences. 2019; 9(9):378. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090378
Chicago/Turabian StyleZamora, Hector A., Benjamin T. Wilder, Christopher J. Eastoe, Jennifer C. McIntosh, Jeffrey Welker, and Karl W. Flessa. 2019. "Evaluation of Groundwater Sources, Flow Paths, and Residence Time of the Gran Desierto Pozos, Sonora, Mexico" Geosciences 9, no. 9: 378. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090378