Radon and CO2 as natural tracers to investigate the recharge dynamics of karst aquifers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 406, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 148-157

  Savoy, Ludovic ^a   Surbeck, Heinz ^a,b   Hunkeler, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Nucfilm ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Epikarst; Karst hydrogeology; Radon; Soil; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; ELEVATED CO; EPIKARST; FLOOD EVENT; GAS LOSS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; KARST AQUIFER; KARST HYDROGEOLOGY; LOW PERMEABILITY ZONE; MIXING MODELS; NATURAL TRACERS; SATURATED ZONE; SOIL WATER; SWITZERLAND; TEST SITE; THREE-COMPONENT; TRAVEL TIME; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FLOODS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; RADON; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOIL MOISTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BASEFLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISCHARGE; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; PERMEABILITY; RADON ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; SOIL WATER; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80051584385     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.031     Document Type: Article

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