Krypton gas as a novel applied tracer of groundwater flow in a fissured sandstone aquifer

G.W. McNeill; Y.S. Yang; T. Elliot; R M Kalin

Krypton gas as a novel applied tracer of groundwater flow in a fissured sandstone aquifer

G.W. McNeill, Y.S. Yang, T. Elliot, R M Kalin

Civil And Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Dissolved krypton gas (Kr) has been used as a novel, applied and "environmentally-friendly" groundwater tracer in the fissured Sherwood Sandstone aquifer at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. The tracer test involved a single-well slug injection and withdrawal (so-called "push-pull") technique, to study the dual-permeability nature of the aquifer. Analytical modelling of the tracer transport demonstrates that the shape of the Kr breakthrough curve is a result of two processes: relatively rapid dispersion of the tracer through rock fissures and slower diffusion into the sandstone pore spaces. Characterisation of this dual-permeability nature is important in assessing movement and fate of groundwater contaminants in the aquifer.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New approaches characterizing groundwater flow
Editors	K.P. Seiler, S Wohnlich
Pages	143-148
Number of pages	6
Volume	1&2
Publication status	Published - 2001
Event	31st International-Association-of-Hydrogeologists Congress - Munich, Germany Duration: 10 Sept 2001 → 14 Sept 2001

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Conference	31st International-Association-of-Hydrogeologists Congress
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	10/09/01 → 14/09/01

Keywords

krypton gas
novel applied tracer
groundwater flow
fissured sandstone
aquifer

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Krypton gas as a novel applied tracer of groundwater flow in a fissured sandstone aquifer

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