Identification of the attenuation potential of a karst aquifer by an artificial dualtracer experiment with caffeine

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5381-5388

  Hillebrand, Olav ^a   Nödler, Karsten ^a   Licha, Tobias ^a   Sauter, Martin ^a   Geyer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fast flowing system; In situ attenuation; Modelling; Tracer test; Vulnerability; Xanthines

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAFFEINE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

ATTENUATION CAPACITIES; ATTENUATION RATE; FAST FLOWING SYSTEM; IN-SITU ATTENUATION; KARST AQUIFER; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MODELING; TRACER TESTS; VULNERABILITY; XANTHINE;

RISK PERCEPTION;

CAFFEINE; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM;

ALKALOID; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HALF LIFE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KARST HYDROLOGY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACER; VULNERABILITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KARST AQUIFER; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

GERMANY;

EID: 84865972446     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.07.032     Document Type: Article

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