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Using environmental tracers to estimate recharge through an arid basin

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10134906

Multiple tracer techniques were used to estimate recharge rates through unsaturated alluvium beneath the Greater Confinement Disposal site, a waste disposal site located in Frenchman Flat, on the Nevada Test Site. Three tracers of soil water movement -- meteoric chloride, stable isotopes of water, and cosmogenic chlorine-36 -- yielded consistent results indicating that recharge rates were negligible for the purpose of performance assessment at the site.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
10134906
Report Number(s):
SAND--93-0083C; CONF-930408--35; ON: DE93008347
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

052002
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540211
58 GEOSCIENCES
580000
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
AQUIFERS
CHLORINE 36
DRILL CORES
GEOSCIENCES
GROUND WATER
ISOTOPES
NEVADA TEST SITE
OXYGEN 18
RADIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES
RECHARGE
SAMPLING
SOILS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE