The effects of restricted circulation on the salt balance of Great Salt Lake, Utah / by K.M. Waddell and E.L. Bolke. Prepared by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey.
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| Language: | English |
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Salt Lake City :
Utah Geological and Mineral Survey,
1973.
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| Series: | Water-resources bulletin (Salt Lake City, Utah) ;
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Table of Contents:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Hydrology of the Lake since 1969
- Movement of dissolved-solids load and water discharge through the causeway during the 1970-1972 water years
- Movement of dissolved-solids load
- Discharge through fill and culverts
- Salt precipitation and re-solution
- Study period
- Simulated period
- Causeway model
- Verification of model
- Accuracy and limitations of model predictions
- Constraints and assumptions for the simulated predictive period
- Predicted movement of dissolved-solids load for variable inflow conditions
- Predicted movement of dissolved-solids load for various culvert modifications
- Effects of debris on the discharge in the west culvert
- Recommendations for future study
- Selected references
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Culvert flow
- Culvert equations
- South-to-north flow
- North-to-south flow
- Causeway-fill flow
- Test wells
- Well logs
- Tracer studies
- South-to-north flow
- North-to-south flow
- Effect of temperature on flow rates in the fill
- Modeling of flows in the fill
- Lake altitude, volume, and area equations
- Water-blance equations
- Relation of net inflow, stage difference, and brine movement
- Relation of evaporation and brine movement
- Salt-balance equations
- Salt balance
- Salt precipitation and re-solution
- Effect of the lower layer of brine in the south part on the computation of dissolved-solids load
- Density
- Specific gravity and temperature
- Assemblage of model equations
- Basic data.