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Research article
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01 Dec 2016
Research article |
| 01 Dec 2016
Contrasting transit times of water from peatlands and eucalypt forests in the Australian Alps determined by tritium: implications for vulnerability and the source of water in upland catchments
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash
University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, G.P.O. box 2100, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Uwe Morgenstern
Isotope Hydrology & Water Dating Lab, GNS Science, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
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Short summary
This research used tritium to determine the timescales that water is stored in peatlands and eucalyptus forest catchments in upland river systems in southeast Australia. The mean transit times in the peatland catchments of less than a few years contrast with much longer transit times (years to decades) in adjacent eucalyptus catchments. The peat is susceptible to drying which renders it vulnerable to degradation and bushfire and does not represent a long-term water store to upland streams.
This research used tritium to determine the timescales that water is stored in peatlands and...
