Tracer tests for the investigation of heterogeneous porous media and stochastic modelling of flow and transport—a review of some recent developments

T Ptak, M Piepenbrink, E Martac - Journal of hydrology, 2004 - Elsevier
In heterogeneous porous aquifers, simulations and predictions of groundwater flow and
solute (contaminant) transport require detailed knowledge of aquifer parameters and their …

Solute reactive tracers for hydrogeological applications: a short review and future prospects

V Cao, M Schaffer, R Taherdangkoo, T Licha - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tracer testing is a mature technology used for characterizing aquatic flow systems. To gain
more insights from tracer tests a combination of conservative (non-reactive) tracers together …

Noble gases in lakes and ground waters

R Kipfer, W Aeschbach-Hertig, F Peeters, M Stute - 2002 - kops.uni-konstanz.de
In contrast to most other fields of noble gas geochemistry that mostly regard atmospheric
noble gases as' contamination,'air-derived noble gases make up the far largest and hence …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Geological storage of CO2 in deep saline formations

A Niemi, J Bear, J Bensabat - 2017 - Springer
Geological storage of carbon dioxide in deep geological formations is considered a key
transitional technique for reducing atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases and thereby …

Radon-222

LD Cecil, JR Green - Environmental tracers in subsurface hydrology, 2000 - Springer
Abstract Uranium-238 (238 U) is a natural radioactive element that is present in all rocks and
soils in various concentrations. Decay of 238 U through a series of shorter-lived …

Laboratory, field and modeling studies of radon‐222 as a natural tracer for monitoring NAPL contamination

L Semprini, OS Hopkins, BR Tasker - Transport in Porous Media, 2000 - Springer
The recently developed natural radon tracer method has potential as a rapid, low‐cost,
nondestructive, and noninvasive method for quantifying NAPL contamination. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of advection on the soil gas radon deficit technique for the quantification of LNAPL

A Cecconi, I Verginelli, F Barrio-Parra… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Radon (Rn) deficit technique is a rapid, low-cost, and non-invasive method to
identify and quantify light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL) in the soil. LNAPL saturation …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Environmental forensics

RD Morrison - 1999 - taylorfrancis.com
Offering state-of-the-art techniques for both attorneys and environmental scientists,
Environmental Forensics: Principles and Applications discusses non-chemical methods …

Radon as a naturally occurring tracer for the assessment of residual NAPL contamination of aquifers

M Schubert, A Paschke, S Lau, W Geyer… - Environmental Pollution, 2007 - Elsevier
The noble gas radon has a strong affinity to non-aqueous phase-liquids (NAPLs). That
property makes it applicable as naturally occurring partitioning tracer for assessing residual …

Using radon as environmental tracer for the assessment of subsurface Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL) contamination–A review

M Schubert - The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2015 - Springer
The radioactive noble gas radon has an ambivalent nature: on the one hand is it of main
concern with regard to radiation protection, on the other hand can it be applied as powerful …