DWCZ - CO - Gordon Gulch (GG)


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Abstract

Gordon Gulch (2,590 m) lies within Arapahoe National Forest and is divided into Lower and Upper Gordon Gulch. Gordon Gulch joins North Boulder Creek approximately 16 km downstream from Niwot Ridge LTER and Green Lakes Valley (GLV).

The site is underlain by biotite gneiss and is mostly forested. Contrasting slope aspects produce differences in soils and vegetation. South-facing slopes have thinner, less-weathered rock with grasses and ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa), while north-facing slopes have thicker, more weathered rock with dense lodgepole pine (P. contorta). Gordon Gulch is characterized by low-relief remnants of a dissected Tertiary erosion surface, with weathered rock profiles up to 15 m thick.

Gordon Gulch is within the montane climatic zone.

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Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS84 EPSG:4326
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['Decimal degrees']
North Latitude
40.0350°
East Longitude
-105.4445°
South Latitude
39.9898°
West Longitude
-105.4988°

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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.

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Barnard, H. R., Parrish, E. (2026). DWCZ - CO - Gordon Gulch (GG), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/c0c639e3d5e04fd39153d94b158c9955

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