Radon-222 as a groundwater discharge tracer to surface waters

D Adyasari, NT Dimova, H Dulai, BS Gilfedder… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The naturally occurring isotope radon-222 (222 Rn) is widely employed as a tracer for
groundwater discharge to lakes, lagoons, rivers, estuaries, and coastal oceans. Owing to the …

Application of radon (222Rn) as an environmental tracer in hydrogeological and geological investigations: an overview

S Sukanya, J Noble, S Joseph - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Radon (222 Rn) is a colourless, odourless, inert, and radioactive noble gas (t 1/2= 3.8 days)
that emanates from rocks and soils as a result of the alpha decay of its parent, radium (226 …

Estimating the dynamics of groundwater input into the coastal zone via continuous radon-222 measurements

WC Burnett, H Dulaiova - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2003 - Elsevier
Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) into the coastal zone has received increased
attention in the last few years as it is now recognized that this process represents an …

Groundwater discharge as a driver of methane emissions from Arctic lakes

C Olid, V Rodellas, G Rocher-Ros… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Lateral CH4 inputs to Arctic lakes through groundwater discharge could be substantial and
constitute an important pathway that links CH4 production in thawing permafrost to …

Submarine groundwater discharge‐derived carbon fluxes in mangroves: An important component of blue carbon budgets?

X Chen, F Zhang, Y Lao, X Wang, J Du… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mangroves are blue carbon systems characterized by high soil carbon storage and
sequestration. Soil carbon losses via groundwater or pore water pathways are potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Tidally driven porewater exchange and diel cycles control CO2 fluxes in mangroves on local and global scales

A Cabral, YYY Yau, GMS Reithmaier… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Mangrove soils are highly enriched in organic carbon. Tidal pum** drives seawater and
oxygen into mangrove soils during flood tide and releases carbon-rich porewater during ebb …

Quantifying groundwater discharge to Cockburn River, southeastern Australia, using dissolved gas tracers 222Rn and SF6

PG Cook, S Lamontagne, D Berhane… - Water Resources …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater discharge to the Cockburn River, southeast Australia, has been estimated from
comparison of natural 222Rn activities in groundwater and river water, interpreted using a …

Radon and radium isotopes as tracers of submarine groundwater discharge–results from the Ubatuba, Brazil SGD assessment intercomparison

WC Burnett, R Peterson, WS Moore… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2008 - Elsevier
We determined groundwater flow rates shortly after the wet season into an embayment near
Ubatuba, Brazil as part of an international intercomparison experiment for submarine …

Mangrove pore water exchange across a latitudinal gradient

DR Tait, DT Maher, PA Macklin… - Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We combined observations of the natural tracer radon (222Rn) with hydrodynamic models
across a broad latitudinal gradient covering several climate zones to estimate pore water …

New perspectives on radium behavior within a subterranean estuary

ME Gonneea, PJ Morris, H Dulaiova, MA Charette - Marine Chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, radium isotopes have been frequently applied as tracers of
submarine groundwater discharge (SGD). The unique radium signature of SGD is acquired …