scholarly journals The 3H/3He Groundwater Age-Dating Method And Applications

Derbyana ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Gilmore ◽  
Mikaela Cherry ◽  
Didier Gastmans ◽  
Eric Humphrey ◽  
Douglas Kip Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Land Surface ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Groundwater Age ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Age Dating ◽  
Unconfined Aquifers ◽  
Apparent Age

Groundwater age-dating is an important tool for quantifying and managing water resources. Groundwater age is the elapsed time between recharge (at the land surface or water table) and the time when groundwater is sampled. If groundwater is sampled at the point of discharge from an aquifer, then the age represents the groundwater transit time. Groundwater that has recharged in recent decades is considered young groundwater. In many areas, the quality and quantity of young groundwater has been impacted by human activities and groundwater age-dating is useful for quantifying current and historical water and contaminant fluxes into and through aquifers. This review is focused on the tritium-helium (3H/3He) method, which is a robust and widely applied age-dating technique for young groundwater. We present the development of the 3H/3He method and practical considerations for sampling groundwater in shallow unconfined aquifers. Along the way, we highlight available resources: (1) educational software for building intuition around groundwater age-dating and selection of sampling sites and (2) software that can be used to calculate 3H/3He age from noble gas and 3H data. We also highlight strengths and potential uncertainties associated with the method. For example, while other age-dating techniques require a known historical record of tracer concentration in the atmosphere, the 3H/3He age-dating technique does not require such historical records. However, the 3H/3He method requires measurement of two tracers to produce a groundwater age estimate (“apparent age” or “tracer age”). Precise measurement of 3H and noble gases, plus careful analysis of noble gas data to calculate the tritiogenic 3He (i.e., the portion of 3He derived from decay of 3H in the aquifer) is required to calculate the groundwater apparent age. Sampling for noble gases is sometimes challenging and requires specialized sample containers and technique. We also introduce basic sampling methods in this review but highlight how practitioners should work closely with a noble gas laboratory to obtain the correct containers and assess field conditions and/or the overall feasibility of projects. Lastly, the review highlights recent applications of the 3H/3He method, including recharge rate estimation, characterization of contaminant input histories for aquifers, quantifying groundwater transit times by sampling at aquifer discharge points, and the use of isotope data to constrain and inform numerical and statistical models of groundwater and contaminant movement in the subsurface.

scholarly journals Use of Radiocarbon Ages to Narrow Groundwater Recharge Estimates in the Southeastern Mojave Desert, USA

Hydrology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Love ◽  
Andy Zdon
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Recharge ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Mojave Desert ◽  
Groundwater Age ◽  
Age Dating ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Site Model ◽  
Conceptual Site Model ◽  
Isotopic Analyses ◽  
Wide Range

Estimating groundwater recharge in arid or semiarid regions can be a difficult and complex task, since it is dependent on a highly variable set of spatial and temporal hydrologic parameters and processes that are dependent on the local climate, the land surface properties, and subsurface characteristics. As a result, traditional methods for estimating the recharge can result in a wide range of derived values. This is evident in the southeastern Mojave Desert, where calculated recharge estimates by previous investigators that range over an order of magnitude (from ~2500 to ~37,000 acre feet per year) are reported. To narrow down this large span of recharge estimates to narrower and more plausible values, this study evaluates the previous recharge estimates in this region, to examine the sources of variability in the reported results and to constrain the recharge estimates based on the hydrologic conditions and the radiocarbon age-dating of spring flows—even without knowledge of the precise subsurface hydrology. The groundwater age and perennial flow characteristics of springs in this study could not be derived from waters sourced solely from local recharge. Therefore, the springs in this study require a significant groundwater contribution to their overall discharge. A previously described conceptual site model in the region established that Bonanza Spring is similarly hydrologically connected to the regional basin-fill aquifer, based on geologic and geochemical/isotopic analyses, and this conceptual site model for where perennial spring water is sourced should readily be extended to these other perennial springs in this region.

CHARACTERIZING UNCONFINED AQUIFERS USING SEEP- AND STREAM-BASED MEASUREMENTS OF GROUNDWATER AGE

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kip Solomon ◽  
◽  
Troy E. Gilmore ◽  
David P. Genereux ◽  
Jennifer Georgek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Age ◽  
Unconfined Aquifers

Liquid noble gases for dark matter searches: An updated survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (26) ◽  
pp. 1530053 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bernabei ◽  
P. Belli ◽  
A. Incicchitti ◽  
F. Cappella ◽  
R. Cerulli
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Gas Detectors ◽  
Double Phase ◽  
Methodological Comparison ◽  
Direct Dark Matter ◽  
Energy Physics

An updated technical and methodological comparison of liquid noble gas experiments is presented with particular attention to the low energy physics application of double-phase noble gas detectors in direct Dark Matter investigations.

scholarly journals Emission of Noble Gases Binary Mixtures under Excitation by the Products of the 6Li (n, α)3 H Nuclear Reaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kuanysh Samarkhanov ◽  
Mendykhan Khasenov ◽  
Erlan Batyrbekov ◽  
Inesh Kenzhina ◽  
Yerzhan Sapatayev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Reaction ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Alkali Metals ◽  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Direct Conversion ◽  
Reaction Products ◽  
Gas Molecules ◽  
Sodium And Potassium

The luminescence of Kr-Xe, Ar-Kr, and Ar-Xe mixtures was studied in the spectral range 300–970 nm when excited by 6Li (n, α)3 H nuclear reaction products in the core of a nuclear reactor. Lithium was deposited on walls of experimental cell in the form of a capillary-porous structure, which made it possible to measure up to a temperature of 730 K. The temperature dependence of the radiation intensity of noble gas atoms, alkali metals, and heteronuclear ionic noble gas molecules was studied. Also, as in the case of single-component gases, the appearance of lithium lines and impurities of sodium and potassium is associated with vaporization during the release of nuclear reaction products from the lithium layer. The excitation of lithium atoms occurs mainly as a result of the Penning process of lithium atoms on noble gas atoms in the 1s states and subsequent ion-molecular reactions. Simultaneous radiation at transitions of atoms of noble gases and lithium, heteronuclear ion molecules of noble gases allows us to increase the efficiency of direct conversion of nuclear energy into light.

scholarly journals Leading Interaction Components in the Structure and Reactivity of Noble Gases Compounds

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 2367
Author(s):  
Francesca Nunzi ◽  
Giacomo Pannacci ◽  
Francesco Tarantelli ◽  
Leonardo Belpassi ◽  
David Cappelletti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Bond ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Halogen Bond ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Anomalous Behavior ◽  
Type Interaction ◽  
Long Life ◽  
Weak Chemical

The nature, strength, range and role of the bonds in adducts of noble gas atoms with both neutral and ionic partners have been investigated by exploiting a fine-tuned integrated phenomenological–theoretical approach. The identification of the leading interaction components in the noble gases adducts and their modeling allows the encompassing of the transitions from pure noncovalent to covalent bound aggregates and to rationalize the anomalous behavior (deviations from noncovalent type interaction) pointed out in peculiar cases. Selected adducts affected by a weak chemical bond, as those promoting the formation of the intermolecular halogen bond, are also properly rationalized. The behavior of noble gas atoms excited in their long-life metastable states, showing a strongly enhanced reactivity, has been also enclosed in the present investigation.

scholarly journals Noble Gases in Terrestrial Planets: Evidence for Cometary Impacts?

1989 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 429-437
Author(s):  
Tobias Owen ◽  
Akiva Bar-Nun ◽  
Idit Kleinfeld
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Terrestrial Planets ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gas Patterns ◽  
Atmosphere Of Venus

AbstractThe possible role of comets in bringing volatiles to the inner planets is investigated by means of laboratory studies of the ability of ice to trap gases at low temperatures. The pattern of the heavy noble gases formed in the atmosphere of Venus can be explained by the impact of a planetesimal composed of ices formed in the range of 20 to 30 K. The noble gas patterns on Mars and Earth are less explicable by cometary bombardment alone.

scholarly journals Noble-gas-infused neoprene closed-cell foams achieving ultra-low thermal conductivity fabrics

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (38) ◽  
pp. 21389-21398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Moran ◽  
Anton L. Cottrill ◽  
Jesse D. Benck ◽  
Pingwei Liu ◽  
Zhe Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Closed Cell

Herein, we develop, demonstrate, and model a repeatable process for synthesizing ultra-low-thermal-conductivity closed-cell neoprene garments by infusing high-molecular-weight noble gases.

scholarly journals Identification of chondritic krypton and xenon in Yellowstone gases and the timing of terrestrial volatile accretion

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (25) ◽  
pp. 13997-14004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Broadley ◽  
Peter H. Barry ◽  
David V. Bekaert ◽  
David J. Byrne ◽  
Antonio Caracausi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mantle Plume ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Mid Ocean Ridge ◽  
Mantle Sources ◽  
Source Mantle ◽  
Morb Source ◽  
Protosolar Nebula ◽  
Ocean Ridge ◽  
Yellowstone Caldera

Identifying the origin of noble gases in Earth’s mantle can provide crucial constraints on the source and timing of volatile (C, N, H2O, noble gases, etc.) delivery to Earth. It remains unclear whether the early Earth was able to directly capture and retain volatiles throughout accretion or whether it accreted anhydrously and subsequently acquired volatiles through later additions of chondritic material. Here, we report high-precision noble gas isotopic data from volcanic gases emanating from, in and around, the Yellowstone caldera (Wyoming, United States). We show that the He and Ne isotopic and elemental signatures of the Yellowstone gas requires an input from an undegassed mantle plume. Coupled with the distinct ratio of129Xe to primordial Xe isotopes in Yellowstone compared with mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) samples, this confirms that the deep plume and shallow MORB mantles have remained distinct from one another for the majority of Earth’s history. Krypton and xenon isotopes in the Yellowstone mantle plume are found to be chondritic in origin, similar to the MORB source mantle. This is in contrast with the origin of neon in the mantle, which exhibits an isotopic dichotomy between solar plume and chondritic MORB mantle sources. The co-occurrence of solar and chondritic noble gases in the deep mantle is thought to reflect the heterogeneous nature of Earth’s volatile accretion during the lifetime of the protosolar nebula. It notably implies that the Earth was able to retain its chondritic volatiles since its earliest stages of accretion, and not only through late additions.

scholarly journals Data Analysis and Calibration of Radiocarbon Dating Results from the Cemetery of the Marquises of Jin

Radiocarbon ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangyang Lu ◽  
Zhiyu Guo ◽  
Hongji Ma ◽  
Sixun Yuan ◽  
Xiaohong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
High Precision ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Calibration Result ◽  
Special Part ◽  
Peking University ◽  
Very High ◽  
Good Agreement

The chronology study of the cemetery of Marquises of Jin is valuable to improving the chronological table of Marquis of Jin family. It is also helpful for improving the chronological table of the Zhou Dynasty. The samples were measured at Peking University (PKUAMS). We also made an interlaboratory check with Isotrace to ensure the accuracy. By careful analysis of archaeological information, we built different models and calibrated by OxCal. The calibration results, both sampling contexts and estimations, are in very good agreement with the historical record. Because the dates of some events correspond to the special part of the curve, the calibration gets very high precision. The calibration result of tomb M93 suggests that its host is Marquis Shangshu instead of Marquis Wen.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document