Tritium/3He Dating of River Infiltration: An Example from the Danube in the Szigetköz Area, Hungary

  1. M. Stute1,4,5,
  2. J. Deák2,
  3. K. Révész3,
  4. J. K. Böhlke2,
  5. E. Deseö2,
  6. R. Weppernig1,
  7. P. Schlosser1,4

Article first published online: 4 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00160.x

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Groundwater

Groundwater

Volume 35, Issue 5, pages 905–911, September 1997

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Stute, M., Deák, J., Révész, K., Böhlke, J. K., Deseö, E., Weppernig, R. and Schlosser, P. (1997), Tritium/3He Dating of River Infiltration: An Example from the Danube in the Szigetköz Area, Hungary. Ground Water, 35: 905–911. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00160.x

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  1. 1

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA.

  2. 2

    Water Resoures Research Centre (VITUKI), Kvassay Jeno lit 1, 1095 Budapest, Hungary.

  3. 3

    United States Geological Survey, MS 431, Reston, Virginia 22092, USA.

  4. 4

    Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.

  5. 5

    Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 4 AUG 2005
  3. Received May 1996, revised November 1996, accepted November 1996.

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Abstract

3H, He, 4He, and Ne data were obtained from a shallow ground-water system being recharged by bank infiltration from the Danube River in northwestern Hungary. After correting for excess air, 4He and Ne concentrations reflect a recharge temperature of about 9° C., close to the mean annual temperature of the Danube (10.4° C). Values of H plus 3Hetrit (“initial tritium”) as a function of the tritium/He age are consistent with time series measurements of tritium in the Danube. Tritium/ He ages increase linearly as a function of distance from the Danube along ground-water flow lines. A horizontal flow velocity of about 530 m yr1 was derived from the age gradient. Most of the deviations between measured Danube tritium data and ground-water tritium/He data can be explained by dispersive mixing.

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