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News Item from Mars
Modeling Floods That Formed Canyons on Earth and Mars
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Geomorphologists who study Earth's surface features and the processes that formed them have long been interested in how floods, in particular catastrophic outbursts that occur when a glacial lake ice dam bursts, for example, can change a planet's surface, not only on Earth but on Mars.
Image: A new model of canyon-forming floods from UMass Amherst and CalTech researchers suggests that deep canyons can be formed in bedrock by significantly less water than previously thought.
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UMass Amherst/Isaac Larsen
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We had an open house in Morrill yesterday to display the new (to us) Hydrogeology Research Laboratory. A great turnout including visits from the Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy and Provost. Thanks to Julie Brigham-Grette for making this happen and the new occupants of the lab for helping with demonstrations and making the space shine. David Boutt

http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/putting-new-england%E2%80%99s-drought-perspective

Putting New England’s Drought in Perspective September 19, 2016 Contact: Janet Lathrop 413/545-0444 AMHERST, Mass. – The current severe drought in parts of New England is notable, says University of Massachusetts Amherst hydrologist David Boutt, but not extreme in historical terms and nowhere near the depth of dry conditions observed in the ac...

Entrancing Infrared GIFs Show Where Groundwater Burbles to the Surface Scientists are using infrared scanners to figure out where groundwater sources burble into the surface supply.

Collaborative work highlighted here

USGS Recognizes Protect Your Groundwater Day USGS Recognizes Protect Your Groundwater Day.

http://www.fondriest.com/news/salar-de-atacama-salt-flat-gets-water-outside-watershed.htm

Salar De Atacama: Salt Flat Gets Most Water Outside Watershed Chile’s Salar de Atacama gets most of its water from outside its watershed, according to a study led by University of Massachusetts scientists.

Nice coverage from AGU

Regional groundwater flow and accumulation of a massive evaporite... Focused groundwater discharge in closed basins provides opportunities to investigate mechanisms for closing hydrologic and solute budgets in arid...

Science 360 picked this up as well

Exploring one of the largest salt flats in the world A recent research report about one of the largest lithium brine and salt deposits in the world in Chile’s Atacama Desert by geoscientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to show that water and solutes flowing into the basin originate from a much larger than expected p...

http://phys.org/news/2016-07-chilean-salt-flat-surprisingly-vast.html

Researchers find Chilean salt flat drains a surprisingly vast area A recent research report about one of the largest lithium brine and salt deposits in the world in Chile's Atacama Desert by geoscientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to show that water and solutes flowing into the basin originate from a much larger than expected portion...

Check out the new Hydrogeology Field Laboratory space in Morrill II 127! We now have room for extended soil/sediment/rock testing equipment plus extended benches for sample preparation and teaching. Come visit!

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL070076/full

New Research recently accepted in GRL from the group. Congratulations Lilly on getting this out!

Regional groundwater flow and accumulation of a massive evaporite deposit at the margin of the Chilean Altiplano - Corenthal - 2016 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library Our site uses cookies to improve your experience. You can find out more about our use of cookies in About Cookies, including instructions on how to turn off cookies if you wish to do so. By continuing to browse this site you agree to us using cookies as described in About Cookies.