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MODPATH-NWT and MODPATH6 models used to compare a new general simulation model approach with a conventional inset model approach for groundwater residence time in glacial aquifers

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2005-01-01
End Date
2015-12-01

Citation

Kauffman, L.J., Jones, P.M., and Feinstein, D.T., 2023, MODPATH-NWT and MODPATH6 models used to compare a new general simulation model approach with a conventional inset model approach for groundwater residence time in glacial aquifers: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HS83JL.

Summary

This groundwater-flow model archive/data release contains the model input and output files for 1) edited versions of four of the five NAWQA steady- state, inset MODFLOW-NWT models of regional model of Lake Michigan Basin (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185038) and 2) general models simulating the same four basins as the four inset models. Two HUC8 basins in the lower peninsula of Michigan (Kalamazoo (KALA) and Boardman-Charlevoix (BOARD) basins) and two HUC8 basins in Wisconsin (Upper Fox (UFOX) and Manitowoc-Sheboygan (MANI) basins) are represented in the inset and genera-simulation models. The inset models are designed to serve as a training area for metamodels to estimate groundwater age in glacial wells. The construction and details [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Leon J Kauffman
Originator :
Leon J Kauffman, Perry M Jones, Daniel T Feinstein
Metadata Contact :
Leon J Kauffman
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
New England Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Purpose

MODFLOW-NWT and MODPATH were used to compare residence-time distributions from four areas where groundwater flow and travel time were simulated with conventional simulation-inset models and with a new automated model-construction method called general simulation models. This effort was undertaken as part of the National Water Quality Program of the U.S. Geological Survey to assist in determining the susceptibility of groundwater in glacial aquifers to a variety of natural and anthropogenic contaminants.. The development of the model input and output files included in this data release are documented in the U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2021-5142 (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20215142)

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