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Aggregation effects on tritium-based mean transit times and young water fractions in spatially heterogeneous catchments and groundwater systems
Aquifer Dynamics & GNS Science, P.O. Box 30368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Uwe Morgenstern
GNS Science, Tritium & Water Dating Laboratory, Avalon, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Maksym A. Gusyev
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Japan
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan
Piotr Małoszewski
Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, AGH University of Science and Technology Cracow, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Cracow, Poland
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This paper presents for the first time the effects of aggregation errors on mean transit times and young fractions estimated using tritium concentrations. Such errors, due to heterogeneity in catchments, had previously been demonstrated for seasonal tracer cycles by Kirchner (2016a). We found that mean transit times derived from tritium are just as susceptible to aggregation bias as those from seasonal tracer cycles. Young fractions were found to be almost immune to aggregation bias.
This paper presents for the first time the effects of aggregation errors on mean transit times...