Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada)
Study region: A 706 km2 watershed located in a heavily industrialized region near Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada. Study focus: Petroleum exploration has increasingly disturbed boreal ecosystems in North America. Seismic lines are one of the major footprints of the petroleum industry: they form cleared l...
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| author | Daniels Kononovs Christine Rivard Dani Degenhardt Katherine N. Snihur Daniela Gutierrez-Rueda Cody N. Lazowski Kelly J. Rozanitis Baptiste Coutret Kurt O. Konhauser Daniel S. Alessi |
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| description | Study region: A 706 km2 watershed located in a heavily industrialized region near Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada. Study focus: Petroleum exploration has increasingly disturbed boreal ecosystems in North America. Seismic lines are one of the major footprints of the petroleum industry: they form cleared linear corridors in forests and their regeneration is generally poor. For this study, field measurements of soil, vegetation, water and snow were conducted on 5 paired (seismic line and adjacent undisturbed area) sites located in lowland and upland ecosites, and a 1-D physically based hydrologic model, the Simultaneous Heat and Water Model (SHAW), was used to investigate the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget over a year. New hydrological insights for the region: Field measurements indicate that parameters, including soil water content and temperature, vary according to a complex combination of factors and are highly site-specific between seismic lines and undisturbed areas. Hydrological modeling of the two ecosites (lowland and upland) showed up to a 33 % reduction in evapotranspiration and a decrease in percolation (leading to none) below the root zone on seismic lines. Considering that there are 2300 km of seismic lines in the study area and that 36 % of the forest has been cleared for industrial activities, these results suggest that the water budget is impacted by anthropogenic lineaments. Climate change will likely intensify these impacts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bd9b2752d56c47d281ae99418ac0956e2025-01-22T05:42:09ZengElsevierJournal of Hydrology: Regional Studies2214-58182025-02-0157102133Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada)Daniels Kononovs0Christine Rivard1Dani Degenhardt2Katherine N. Snihur3Daniela Gutierrez-Rueda4Cody N. Lazowski5Kelly J. Rozanitis6Baptiste Coutret7Kurt O. Konhauser8Daniel S. Alessi9University of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Québec, QC, Canada; Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Corresponding author at : University of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, CanadaGeological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Québec, QC, CanadaCanadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, AB, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, CanadaUniversity of Alberta, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, CanadaStudy region: A 706 km2 watershed located in a heavily industrialized region near Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada. Study focus: Petroleum exploration has increasingly disturbed boreal ecosystems in North America. Seismic lines are one of the major footprints of the petroleum industry: they form cleared linear corridors in forests and their regeneration is generally poor. For this study, field measurements of soil, vegetation, water and snow were conducted on 5 paired (seismic line and adjacent undisturbed area) sites located in lowland and upland ecosites, and a 1-D physically based hydrologic model, the Simultaneous Heat and Water Model (SHAW), was used to investigate the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget over a year. New hydrological insights for the region: Field measurements indicate that parameters, including soil water content and temperature, vary according to a complex combination of factors and are highly site-specific between seismic lines and undisturbed areas. Hydrological modeling of the two ecosites (lowland and upland) showed up to a 33 % reduction in evapotranspiration and a decrease in percolation (leading to none) below the root zone on seismic lines. Considering that there are 2300 km of seismic lines in the study area and that 36 % of the forest has been cleared for industrial activities, these results suggest that the water budget is impacted by anthropogenic lineaments. Climate change will likely intensify these impacts.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581824004828Seismic linesHydrologyCanadian boreal forestAlberta1-D modelingCritical zone monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Daniels Kononovs Christine Rivard Dani Degenhardt Katherine N. Snihur Daniela Gutierrez-Rueda Cody N. Lazowski Kelly J. Rozanitis Baptiste Coutret Kurt O. Konhauser Daniel S. Alessi Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada) Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies Seismic lines Hydrology Canadian boreal forest Alberta 1-D modeling Critical zone monitoring |
| title | Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada) |
| title_full | Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada) |
| title_fullStr | Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada) |
| title_short | Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada) |
| title_sort | characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a boreal watershed in alberta western canada |
| topic | Seismic lines Hydrology Canadian boreal forest Alberta 1-D modeling Critical zone monitoring |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581824004828 |
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