Halon-1301 – further evidence of its performance as an age tracer in New Zealand groundwater

Beyer, Monique; Morgenstern, Uwe; van der Raaij, Rob; Martindale, Heather

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4213-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 8

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 4213–4231, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4213-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 4213–4231, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4213-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 8

Research article 25 Aug 2017

Research article | 25 Aug 2017

Halon-1301 – further evidence of its performance as an age tracer in New Zealand groundwater

Monique Beyer et al.

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RC1: 'HESS-2017-80', Daren Gooddy, 30 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Daren Gooddy', Monique Beyer, 22 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Review of HESS 2017-80', Axel Suckow, 28 May 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Axel Suckow', Monique Beyer, 22 Jun 2017

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (30 Jun 2017) by Brian Berkowitz

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (07 Jul 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jul 2017) by Brian Berkowitz

RR by Daren Gooddy (13 Jul 2017)

ED: Publish as is (21 Jul 2017) by Brian Berkowitz

Short summary

The determination of groundwater age can aid characterization of aquifers, providing information on groundwater mixing, flow, volume, and recharge rates. Here we assess a recently discovered groundwater age tracer, Halon-1301. Its performance as an age tracer is assessed against six other well-established, widely used age tracers in 302 groundwater samples. We show Halon-1301 reliably inferred age, thus potentially becoming a useful groundwater age tracer where other tracers are compromised.