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DWCZ - CO - Gordon Gulch - Water Chemistry - GG1- SW0, GG2-GW 1- 6 and SW0 - (2021-2024)


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Abstract

LOCATION: Gordon Gulch (2590 m) lies within Arapahoe National Forest and is divided into Lower and Upper Gordon Gulch. Gordon Gulch joins North Boulder Creek about 16 km downstream from Green Lakes Valley (GLV). The site is underlain by biotite gneiss and is mostly forested. Different aspect slopes present contrasts in soils and vegetation: thinner, less-weathered rock with grasses and ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa) on south-facing slopes, and thicker, more weathered rock with dense lodgepole pine (P. contorta) on north-facing slopes.

Gordon Gulch is characterized by low-relief remnants of a dissected Tertiary erosion surface in which weathered rock profiles are up to 15 m thick. Gordon Gulch is within the montane climatic zone. Mean annual precipitation (MAP) is 780 mm, approximately 70% as snow.

WATER CHEMISTRY: Water chemistry samples were collected from the GG1-SW0 and GG2-SW0 surface-water sites and the GG2-GW1 through GG2-GW6 groundwater wells. Major cations and anions were analyzed using a Thermo Scientific Dionex Ion Chromatography system in the Ecohydrology Laboratory. Hydrogen (dD) and oxygen (d18O) isotope samples were analyzed using a Picarro Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy System in the Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of Colorado Boulder / Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.

LEGACY DATA:
https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/f98c35d1330e41569f8b0e2e339df8d8/
https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/4bb6710317c445cf996793ac1f5d7149/

RELATED RESOURCES: See Related Resources for additional DWCZ soil-water chemistry datasets.

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Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Place/Area Name:
Gordon Gulch Elev. 2633.396 - 2435.746m
North Latitude
40.0188°
East Longitude
-105.4585°
South Latitude
40.0130°
West Longitude
-105.4767°

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DWCZ -- Water Chemistry - (GG1-SW0, GG2-GW1, GW2, GW3, GW4, GW5, GW6 & SW0) -- Gordon Gulch -- (2021-2024)


OVERVIEW

Description/Abstract

Gordon Gulch (2590 m) lies within Arapahoe National Forest and is divided into Lower and Upper Gordon Gulch. Gordon Gulch joins North Boulder Creek about 16 km downstream from Green Lakes Valley (GLV). This site is underlain by biotite gneiss and is mostly forested. Different aspect slopes present contrasts in soils and vegetation: thinner, less-weathered rock with grasses and ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa) on south-facing slopes, and thicker, more weathered rock with dense lodgepole pine (P. contorta) on north-facing slopes.

It is characterized by the low-relief remnants of a dissected Tertiary erosion surface in which weathered rock profiles are up to 15 m thick. Gordon Gulch is within the montane climatic zone. MAP is 780 mm, 70% as snow.

Water chemistry samples were collected from the GG1-SW0 and GG2-SW0 surface-water sites and the GG2-GW1 through GG2-GW6 groundwater wells. Major cations and anions were analyzed using a Thermo Scientific Dionex Ion Chromatography system in the Ecohydrology Laboratory. Hydrogen (dD) and oxygen (d18O) isotope samples were analyzed using a Picarro Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy System in the Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of Colorado Boulder / Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.

LEGACY DATA: https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/f98c35d1330e41569f8b0e2e339df8d8/ & https://www.hydroshare.org/resource/4bb6710317c445cf996793ac1f5d7149/

PLEASE SEE RELATED FOR MORE DWCZ SOIL WATER CHEMISTRY

ELEVATION: METERS (AVG), 2633.396 - 2435.746 FREQUENCY: Varies

Creator/Author

Holly Barnard, Nicole Hornslein, Matt Schiff

Cluster

Dynamic Water

Contact

czdata@colorado.edu

Subtitle

Groundwater and surface-water chemistry samples collected in Gordon Gulch


SUBJECTS

Disciplines

Water Chemistry

Topics

Groundwater Chemistry

Subtopic

(Stream Chem)

Keywords

Groundwater chemistry

Variables

Lithium, Sodium, Water Type, d18O, Chloride, Nitrate, Magnesium, Calcium, Fluoride, Potassium, Ground Water, dD, Phosphate, Sulfate, Surface Water

Variables ODM2

Calcium, dissolved|Chloride|delta-18O of H2O|Deuterium|Potassium, dissolved|Magnesium, dissolved|Sodium, dissolved|Nitrogen, nitrate (NO3)|Sulfate, dissolved|


TEMPORAL

Date Start

2021

Date End

2024-09-28


SPATIAL

Field Areas

Dynamic Water CZ

Location

Gordon Gulch

North latitude

40.018816

South latitude

40.012989

West longitude

-105.476738

East longitude

-105.4585063


REFERENCE


COMMENTS

Comments

METHODS: Major cations and anions were analyzed using a Thermo Scientific Dionex Ion Chromatography system in the Ecohydrology Laboratory. Hydrogen (dD) and oxygen (d18O) isotope samples were analyzed using a Picarro Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy System in the Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of Colorado Boulder / Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.

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This resource belongs to the following collections:
Title Owners Sharing Status My Permission
DWCZ - CO - Gordon Gulch (GG) Eric Parrish  Public &  Shareable Open Access

Credits

Funding Agencies

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
National Science Foundation Network Cluster: Quantifying controls and feedbacks of dynamic storage on critical zone processes in western montane watersheds EAR 2012669

How to Cite

Barnard, H., Hornslein, N., Schiff, M. (2026). DWCZ - CO - Gordon Gulch - Water Chemistry - GG1- SW0, GG2-GW 1- 6 and SW0 - (2021-2024), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/6af194de17d04fcbbff49e3f2d3bf8c1

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