Imperial College London
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ProfessorAdrianButler

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor of Subsurface Hydrology
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6122a.butler Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Judith Barritt +44 (0)20 7594 5967

 
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Location

 

232Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Colyer:2022:10.1007/s10040-021-02437-6,
author = {Colyer, A and Butler, A and Peach, D and Hughes, A},
doi = {10.1007/s10040-021-02437-6},
journal = {Hydrogeology Journal},
pages = {445--462},
title = {How groundwater time series and aquifer property data explain heterogeneity in the Permo-Triassic sandstone aquifers of the Eden Valley, Cumbria, UK},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02437-6},
volume = {30},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A novel investigation of the impact of meteorological and geological heterogeneity within the Permo-Triassic Sandstoneaquifers of the River Eden catchment, Cumbria (UK), is described. Quantifying the impact of heterogeneity on the watercycle is increasingly important to sustainably manage water resources and minimise food risk. Traditional investigations onheterogeneity at the catchment scale require a considerable amount of data, and this has led to the analysis of available timeseries to interpret the impact of heterogeneity. The current research integrated groundwater-level and meteorological timeseries in conjunction with aquifer property data at 11 borehole locations to quantify the impact of heterogeneity and informthe hydrogeological conceptual understanding. The study visually categorised and used seasonal trend decomposition byLOESS (STL) on 11 groundwater and meteorological time series. Decomposition components of the diferent time serieswere compared using variance ratios. Though the Eden catchment exhibits highly heterogeneous rainfall distribution, comparative analysis at borehole locations showed that (1) meteorological drivers at borehole locations are broadly homogeneousand (2) the meteorological drivers are not sufcient to generate the variation observed in the groundwater-level time series.Three distinct hydrogeological regimes were identifed and shown to coincide with heterogeneous features in the southernBrockram facies, which is the northern silicifed region of the Penrith Sandstone and the St Bees Sandstone. The use of STLanalysis in combination with detailed aquifer property data is a low-impact insightful investigative tool that helps guide thedevelopment of hydrogeological conceptual models.
AU  - Colyer,A
AU  - Butler,A
AU  - Peach,D
AU  - Hughes,A
DO  - 10.1007/s10040-021-02437-6
EP  - 462
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 0941-2816
SP  - 445
TI  - How groundwater time series and aquifer property data explain heterogeneity in the Permo-Triassic sandstone aquifers of the Eden Valley, Cumbria, UK
T2  - Hydrogeology Journal
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02437-6
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000736445500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10040-021-02437-6
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/94188
VL  - 30
ER  -
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