2013
DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12101
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A Method for Conducting Simultaneous Convergent Tracer Tests in Multilayered Aquifers

Abstract: Forced gradient tracer tests between two boreholes can be used to study contaminant transport processes at the small field scale or investigate the transport properties of an aquifer. Full depth tests, in which tracer samples are collected just from the discharge of the abstraction borehole, often give rise to breakthrough curves with multiple peaks that are usually attributed to different flow paths through the aquifer that can rarely be identified from the test results alone. Tests in selected levels of the … Show more

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“…Ptak et al () adopted a multilevel fiber optic fluorimeter to obtain a high temporal and spatial resolution, with a high installation cost that can be a limiting factor for this technique. In complex aquifer systems with significant vertical variation in permeability, a series of cross‐hole tracer tests between homogeneous intervals can be performed, but this approach is extremely time‐consuming (Greswell et al ). On the other hand, a single well tracer dilution test (Brainerd and Robbins ) can be used to characterize the flow in unconnected fractures, but such tests require the pumping and treatment of significant quantities of water.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ptak et al () adopted a multilevel fiber optic fluorimeter to obtain a high temporal and spatial resolution, with a high installation cost that can be a limiting factor for this technique. In complex aquifer systems with significant vertical variation in permeability, a series of cross‐hole tracer tests between homogeneous intervals can be performed, but this approach is extremely time‐consuming (Greswell et al ). On the other hand, a single well tracer dilution test (Brainerd and Robbins ) can be used to characterize the flow in unconnected fractures, but such tests require the pumping and treatment of significant quantities of water.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%