Title: Correlation of conductivity and stable isotope 18O for the assessment of water origin in river system 
Resource Type: document --> technical publication --> journal article 
Country: EU Projects 
Year: 2000 
Availability: Chemical Geology 164, 161-170 
Author 1/Producer: Lambs, L. 
Author / Producer Type: EC Project 
Publisher: Elsevier 
Publisher City: Radarweg 29, Amsterdam 1043 NL 
Article Weblink (=direct link): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_toc ...  
Format (e.g. PDF): HTML 
EUGRIS Keyword(s): Contaminated land-->Site investigation-->Site investigation overview
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Geochemistry
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Groundwater processes overview
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Hydrogeology
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview
 
Short description: Identifying the different sources of water entering a site such as a wetland, where surface and subsurface water interact, is not always straightforward. This papaer uses a method based on the measurement of conductivity and stable oxygen isotop 18O to give a rapid assessment of the proportions of surface and subsurface water; it may also be possible to use the technique to differentiate a third source, depending on the conditions. The tests were carried out on a meander bend of the Garonne river in south-west France, which contains an interesting case of active paleo-channels. A second site in the Himalayas mountains has also been tested to discriminate between snow and glacier melt. 
Link to Project(s): FLOBAR2 Floodplain Biodiversity and Restoration
 
Submitted By: Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat?      Last update: 05/06/2007

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