We are currently studying the nature of river-aquifer interactions in a number of UK catchments. Much of this work has been funded under the UK Lowland Catchment Research (LOCAR) program for more details). Much of our work has concentrated on the Pang and Lambourn Chalk catchments in Berkshire, with more recent work in the Tern sandstone catchment in Shropshire. Our studies are utilising natural tracers (radon, alkalinity, temperature, conductivity) to determine the spatial and temporal variability of shallow and deep groundwater inputs into reaches within these catchment areas. We are also using geophysical methods to help develop conceptual models of riparian zone hydrology at selected sites.

Some recent references

Griffiths, J., A. Binley, N.Crook, , J. Nutter, J., A. Young, and S. Fletcher, Streamflow generation in the Pang and Lambourn catchments, Berkshire, UK, Journal of Hydrology (under review).

Jarvie, H.P., C. Neal, M. D. Jürgens, E. J. Sutton, M. Neal, H. D. Wickham, L. K. Hill, S. A. Harman, J. J. L. Davies, A. Warwick, C. Barrett, J. Griffiths, A. Binley, N. Swannack and N. McIntyre, Within-river nutrient processing in the Pang and Lambourn Chalk streams, UK, Journal of Hydrology (under review).

Crook, N., J. Griffiths, A. Binley, J. Pates and A. Young, Identification and quantification of surface-groundwater interaction in the lowland Chalk catchments of the Pang and Lambourn, In: Hydrology: Science and practice for the 21st century, Volume II, Proc. British Hydrological Society International Conference, Imperial College, July 2004, p64-71.

Bloomfield,J., A.P. Butler, J.E. Cobbing, A. Gallagher, K. Griffiths, M.Moreau, A.T. Williams, D.W. Peach and A.Binley, 2003, Flow Heterogeneity in the fractured Chalk aquifer of southern England, In: Proc. IAH Conference Groundwater in Fractured Rocks, Prague, Sept. 2003.

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