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Author : Carrer, G.; Rousseau, A.N.; St-Hilaire, A.; and Jutras, S.
Date : 2011.
Title : Hydrological dynamics of a boreal patterned fen peatland: groundwater and surface water interactions / Dynamiques hydrologiques d’un fen boréal structuré: interactions eau souterraine-eau de surface.
Publication : Geohydro 2011. Joint Meeting of the Canadian Quaternary Association and the Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists. August 28-31, 2011. Quebec City, Quebec.
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Abstract
Patterned peatlands occupy a large portion of the northern boreal region of Quebec. Therefore, it is important to explicitly account for these ecosystems in deterministic hydrological models which are used for inflow forecasting. Therefore, there is a need to further our understanding of the interactions between groundwater and surface water of a patterned fen. One hundred and twenty one (121) wells and piezometers were installed in ridges and pools of the studied peatland. Preliminary results show: (i) a short period of hydrological disconnection when the water table becomes low, and (ii) high water levels in piezometers are not due to a groundwater input. We suppose the staircase morphology of these environments to be at the origin of these hydrological profiles.
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