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Groundwater Dating with Atmospheric Halogenated Compounds

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Synonyms

CFC dating; Chlorofluorocarbon dating; SF6 dating

Definition

Atmospheric environmental releases refer to the emission of stable, long-lived compounds of solely anthropogenic origin into the atmosphere and the use of the compounds to estimate dates of their incorporation into groundwater.

Introduction

The majority of environmental anthropogenic tracers that can be used to date groundwater were released to the atmosphere after 1940 (Fig. 1). Groundwater dating relates the measured concentration of these trace atmospheric gases to the reconstructed history of the trace gas concentration in the atmosphere. Three general types of tracers can be used to date groundwater: (1) halogenated tracers, including the chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (CFCs and HCFCs), the perfluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons (PFCs and HFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride (SF5CF3), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) (IAEA 2006); (2) anthropogenic radiogenic...

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