Measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity in fine-grained glacial tills in Iowa: Comparison of in situ and laboratory methods
By: D. Roger Bruner and Alan J. Lutenegger
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Abstract
Nested-standpipe and vibrating-wire piezometers were installed in Pre-Illinoian Wolf Creek and Albernett formations at the Eastern Iowa Till Hydrology Site located in Linn County, Iowa. These surficial deposits are composed of fine-grained glacial diamicton (till) with occasional discontinuous lenses of sand and silt. They overlie the Silurian (dolomite) aquifer which provides private, public, and municipal drinking water supplies in the region. The saturated hydraulic conductivity of the Wolf Creek Formation was investigated in a sub-area of the Eastern Iowa Till Hydrology Site. Calculations of saturated hydraulic conductivity were based on laboratoryflexible-wall permeameter tests, bailer tests, and pumping test data. Results show that bulk hydraulic conductivity increases by several orders of magnitude as the tested volume of till increases. Increasing values of saturated hydraulic conductivity at larger spatial scales conceptually support a double-porosity flow model for this till.
Suggested Citation
Bruner, D.R., Lutenegger, A.J., 1994, Measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity in fine-grained glacial tills in Iowa: Comparison of in situ and laboratory methods, in ASTM Special Technical Publication, no. 1142, San Antonio, TX, USA, 21 January 1993 through 22 January 1993, p. 255-265.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity in fine-grained glacial tills in Iowa: Comparison of in situ and laboratory methods |
| Issue | 1142 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | ASTM |
| Publisher location | Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| Larger Work Title | ASTM Special Technical Publication |
| First page | 255 |
| Last page | 265 |
| Conference Title | Proceedings of tbe Symposium on Hydraulic Conductivity and Waste Contaminant Transport in Soil |
| Conference Location | San Antonio, TX, USA |
| Conference Date | 21 January 1993 through 22 January 1993 |