Seismic data for study of shallow mountain bedrock limits seepage-based headwater climate refugia, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey data release

A combination of long-term daily temperature records and depth to bedrock measurements were used to parametrize one-dimensional models of shallow aquifer vertical heat transport in Shenandoah National Park, VA, USA. Depth to bedrock can directly influence shallow aquifer flow and thermal sensitivity, but is typically ill-defined along the stream corridor in steep mountain catchments. We employed rapid, cost-effective passive seismic measurements to evaluate the variable thickness of the shallow colluvial and alluvial aquifer sediments along a headwater stream supporting coldwater-dependent brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Shenandoah National Park. The methods are fully documented in the associated journal article, Briggs, M.A., J.W. Lane, C.D. Snyder, E.A. White, Z.C. Johnson, D.L. Nelms, and N.P. Hitt, 2017, Shallow mountain bedrock limits seepage-based headwater climate refugia, Limnologica, https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.02.005. This Data Release includes seismic data collected as part of the study.