Flow of river water into a Karstic limestone aquifer. 1. Tracing the young fraction in groundwater mixtures in the Upper Floridan Aquifer near Valdosta, Georgia

• Published in: Applied geochemistry Vol. 13; no. 8; pp. 995 - 1015
• Main Authors: Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, E., McConnell, J.B., Drenkard, S., Schlosser, P., Michel, R.L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Freshwater; Geochemistry; Hydrogeology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; Mineralogy; Silicates; Water geochemistry; United States; Georgia; USA, Florida, Withlacoochee R; USA, Georgia; hydrogen sulfide gas; O-18; carbonate rocks; mixing; ground water; biodegradation; North America; aquifers; limestone; isotopes; dissolved materials; oxygen; organic carbon; He-3; tritium; tracers; karst; infiltration; sedimentary rocks; C-14; chloride ion; dilution; water quality; methane; D/H

The quality of water in the Upper Floridan aquifer near Valdosta, Georgia is affected locally by discharge of Withlacoochee River water through sinkholes in the river bed. Data on transient tracers and other dissolved substances, including Cl −, 3H, tritiogenic helium-3 ( 3He), chlorofluorocarbons (...