The use of fluorescent dyes as tracers in highly saline groundwater

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 124-133

  Magal, Einat ^a,b   Weisbrod, Noam ^a   Yakirevich, Alex ^a   Yechieli, Yoseph ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artificial tracers; Dead Sea brine; Fluorescent dye; Saline groundwater; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; DEAD SEA (DS); DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MINERAL COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; PYRANINE; RHODAMINE B (RB); SALINE GROUND WATER; SOLUTION RATIO; SORPTION VALUES;

ESTIMATION; FLUORESCENCE; GARNETS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MINERALOGY; SALINE WATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SORPTION; SULFATE MINERALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

MINERALS;

BRINE; DYE; GRAIN SIZE; GROUNDWATER; SALINITY; SORPTION; TESTING METHOD; TRACER;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 47949129744     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.035     Document Type: Article

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