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The hydrogeology of the Beaver Creek drainage basin, Larimer County, Colorado

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dc.contributor.authorCerrilo, Lawrence Arnold, author
dc.contributor.authorMcCallum, M. E. (Malcolm E.), 1934-, advisor
dc.contributor.authorGuy, Harold P., committee member
dc.contributor.authorWaltz, James P., committee member
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-07T02:44:07Z
dc.date.available2021-12-07T02:44:07Z
dc.date.issued1967
dc.descriptionCovers not scanned.
dc.descriptionPrint version deaccessioned 2021.
dc.description.abstractBeaver Creek Basin is a glaciated basin of 20.5 square miles located in Larimer County, Colorado. It is comprised of four large sub-basins: Hourglass, Comanche Lake, Mummy, and Browns Lake, and two small subbasins. Two existing surface reservoirs, Comanche and Hourglass (for which adjudicated water rights are approximately 2,600 and 1,600 acre feet respectively) are located within the basin. The basement rocks in the basin consist of highly jointed granites, gneisses, and schists, overlain by glacial drift from four advances of Wisconsin glaciation (Bull Lake and Pinedale I, II, and III) and two advances of Recent age (Temple Lake and Gannett Peak). Extensive outwash deposits associated with the drift in the main basin, and especially in the vicinity of the reservoirs, are estimated to be 60 to 110 feet thick. These materials result in high infiltration rates to ground water within the main basin. Surface water losses to ground water in the subbasins are due primarily to infiltration from small lakes, ponds, and swampy areas retained by moraines of the Pinedale III advance. Infiltration rates in the vicinity of the reservoirs range from 4 inches per hour to more than 23.4 inches per hour. Loss of surface water in this area is a direct result of high infiltration.
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/234099
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationMMS ID: 991003694659703361
dc.relationQE92.L2 C43
dc.relation.ispartof1950-1979
dc.relation.isreferencedbyMeiman, James R. Little South Poudre Watershed and Pingree Park Campus. Colorado State University, College of Forestry and Natural Resources (1971). http://hdl.handle.net/10217/70382
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dc.subject.lcshGeology -- Colorado -- Larimer County
dc.subject.lcshHydrology
dc.titleThe hydrogeology of the Beaver Creek drainage basin, Larimer County, Colorado
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thesis.degree.disciplineGeology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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