Neutrally buoyant tracers in hydrogeophysics: Field demonstration in fractured rock

Alexis Shakas 1 Niklas Linde 1 Ludovic Baron 1 John Selker 2 Marie-Françoise Gerard 3 Nicolas Lavenant 3 Olivier Bour 3 Tanguy Le Borgne 3
1 ISTE - Institut des sciences de la terre
2 Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering
3 GR - Géosciences Rennes
Abstract : Electrical and electromagnetic methods are extensively used to map electrically conductive tracers within hydrogeologic systems. Often, the tracers used consist of dissolved salt in water, leading to a denser mixture than the ambient formation water. Density effects are often ignored and rarely modeled but can dramatically affect transport behavior and introduce dynamics that are unrepresentative of the response obtained with classical tracers (e.g., uranine). We introduce a neutrally buoyant tracer consisting of a mixture of salt, water, and ethanol and monitor its movement during push-pull experiments in a fractured rock aquifer using ground-penetrating radar. Our results indicate a largely reversible transport process and agree with uranine-based push-pull experiments at the site, which is in contrast to results obtained using dense saline tracers. We argue that a shift toward neutrally buoyant tracers in both porous and fractured media would advance hydrogeophysical research and enhance its utility in hydrogeology.
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Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, 2017, 44 (8), pp.3663-3671. 〈10.1002/2017GL073368〉
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Alexis Shakas, Niklas Linde, Ludovic Baron, John Selker, Marie-Françoise Gerard, et al.. Neutrally buoyant tracers in hydrogeophysics: Field demonstration in fractured rock. Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union, 2017, 44 (8), pp.3663-3671. 〈10.1002/2017GL073368〉. 〈insu-01534692〉

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