The Possible Use of Tritium' for Estimating Groundwater Storage
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- 1 January 1958
- journal article
- Published by Stockholm University Press in Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
- Vol. 10 (4) , 472-478
- https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v10i4.9265
Abstract
In view of a recent work by Begemann & Libby (1957) their postulate on rapid mixing inside a groundwater body is examined. It is found that there are no possible processes which can accomplish such a mixing. Their observations can, however, be readily explained from a simple model of groundwater flow, assuming no mixing. Possible methods of using tracers like tritium for estimating groundwater storage are also discussed.Keywords
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