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https://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/12778| Title: | Environmental isotopes as indicators of aquitard effectiveness, Murray Basin, Australia |
| Other Titles: | 13th International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-13, Guanajuato, Mexico, 16-20 August 2010 |
| Authors: | Cartwright, I Weaver, TR Cendón, DI Swane, IC |
| Keywords: | Environment Isotopes South Australia Rivers Ground water Aquifers Inland waterways |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| Citation: | Cartwright, I., Weaver, T., Cendon, D., & Swane, I. (2010). Environmental isotopes as indicators of aquitard effectiveness, Murray Basin Australia. In P. Birkle & I. S. Torres-Alvarado (Eds.). Water-rock interaction : proceedings of the 13th international conference on water-rock interaction, WRI-13, Guanajuato, Mexico, 16-20 August 2010. Boca Raton : CRC Press, (pp. 67-70). |
| Abstract: | The distribution of δ¹³C values,⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratios, and¹⁴C activities (a¹⁴C) show that considerable inter-aquifer flow occurs in the Wimmera Region of the Murray Basin, southern Australia. Many of the potential aquitards, (e.g., Bookpurnong Beds and Ettrick Marl) are ineffective barriers to groundwater flow; only the Geera Clay forms an effective aquitard and restricts inter-aquifer leakage between the Loxton-Parilla Sands and/or the Murray Group and the underlying Renmark Formation. This study illustrates the utility of environmental isotopes in determining inter-aquifer flow and aquitard effectiveness in regions where direct studies of aquitards is lacking. |
| URI: | https://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/12778 |
| ISBN: | 9780415604260 |
| Appears in Collections: | Conference Publications |
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