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MODFLOW-2005 model used to estimate paleo-recharge volumes and project future water-level changes in Ash Meadows groundwater basin, southwest Nevada, based on Devils Hole paleo-water-table record

Dates

Release Date
2022-01-01
Start Date
1913-01-01
End Date
2020-01-01
Publication Date

Citation

Jackson, T.R., 2022, MODFLOW-2005 model used to estimate paleo-recharge volumes and project future water-level changes in Ash Meadows groundwater basin, southwest Nevada, based on Devils Hole paleo-water-table record: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98YZC5P.

Summary

This data release documents a modified version of the Death Valley version 3 steady-state (DV3-SS) model described in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1863 (https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1863). The DV3-SS model was modified by conversion into a superposition model with initial heads of 0 ft (0 m). Simulated water-level changes are relative to modern, predevelopment (pre-1950) conditions, where modern levels have a reference datum of 0 ft (0 m). The modified DV3-SS model is a three-dimensional, groundwater model (MODFLOW-2005) that was used to estimate paleo-recharge in the Ash Meadows groundwater basin, southwest Nevada, using the Devils Hole (cave 2) water-table record that spans the last 350,000 years. Two steady-state (paleo-recharge) [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Nevada Water Science Center
Originator :
Tracie R. Jackson
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Integrated Modeling & Prediction Division
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Purpose

The modified DV3-SS groundwater model was developed to estimate paleo-recharge volumes in the Ash Meadows groundwater basin, southwest Nevada, using the Devils Hole (cave 2) water-table record that spans the last 350,000 years. The transient model was developed by converting the modified DV3-SS model into a transient model with minor modifications to the discretization file. The transient model was used to estimate the timescale for equilibration to steady-state conditions assuming modern recharge is reduced by 10 or 20 percent in future scenarios.
Image of the model domain and active area of the model.
Image of the model domain and active area of the model.

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  • Model Data Management Function (MDMF)

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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P98YZC5P

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