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Research article
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30 Jun 2021
Research article |
| 30 Jun 2021
| 30 Jun 2021
Time lags of nitrate, chloride, and tritium in streams assessed by dynamic groundwater flow tracking in a lowland landscape
Vince P. Kaandorp
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Subsurface and Groundwater Systems, Deltares, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Hans Peter Broers
TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Ype van der Velde
Faculty of Science, Earth and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Joachim Rozemeijer
Department of Subsurface and Groundwater Systems, Deltares, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Perry G. B. de Louw
Department of Subsurface and Groundwater Systems, Deltares, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Soil Physics and Land Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Short summary
We reconstructed historical and present-day tritium, chloride, and nitrate concentrations in stream water of a catchment using
land-use-based input curves and calculated travel times of groundwater. Parameters such as the unsaturated zone thickness, mean travel time, and input patterns determine time lags between inputs and in-stream concentrations. The timescale of the breakthrough of pollutants in streams is dependent on the location of pollution in a catchment.
We reconstructed historical and present-day tritium, chloride, and nitrate concentrations in...
