Punctual and continuous estimation of transit time from dissolved organic matter fluorescence properties in karst aquifers, application to groundwaters of ‘Fontaine de Vaucluse’ experimental basin (SE France)

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 65; no. 8; pp. 2299 - 2309
• Main Authors: Blondel, T, Emblanch, C, Batiot-Guilhe, C, Dudal, Y, Boyer, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.04.2012; Springer Nature B.V; Springer
• Subjects: Aquifers; Basins; Biogeosciences; carbon; Catchment basins; Caves; Dissolved organic matter; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Emissions; Environmental monitoring; Environmental Science and Engineering; Experimental basins; Fluorescence; France; Geochemistry; Geology; groundwater; Humification; Hydrogeology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Karst; karsts; Leachates; Leptosols; Life Sciences; Matter & antimatter; monitoring; Organic carbon; Organic chemistry; seepage; Special Issue; springs (water); Terrestrial Pollution; tracer techniques; Vadose water; vadose zone; Water springs; watersheds; wavelengths; France; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Karst groundwaters; Dissolved organic matter; Environmental tracing method; SOILS; CARBON; EXCITATION; BEHAVIOR; WATERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; SPECTRA; MARINE

For about 10 years, environmental tracing development using dissolved organic matter (DOM) has been the subject of several studies. Particularly, the use of characterization techniques, like fluorescence emission–excitation matrices has enabled the identification of DOM sources and monitoring them w...