HYDROLOGY OF TWO SMALL WETLAND BASINS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS1
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Jawra Journal of the American Water Resources Association
- Vol. 13 (2) , 325-340
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1977.tb02027.x
Abstract
A hydrologic budget was prepared for two geologically different wetland basins in eastern Massachusetts for the 1971 water‐year. Water table conditions prevailed at one wetland underlain by peat while an artesian system functioned at the other wetland which was underlain by muck. Hydrologic responses were generally similar at both wetlands, although each functioned differently in detail. Both wetlands exhibited high spring discharges and depressions of low flow. Ground water accounted for an estimated 93% of the total annual discharge from both wetlands; in late summer the peat deposit recharged the regional ground water body. Evapotranspiration in the spring was retarded in probable consequence of the extreme wetness of the wetland soils.Keywords
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