Revealing Groundwater-Surface Water Exchanges and Recharge Processes with Multiple Tracers and Hydrochemistry

For effective resource management and to establish groundwater and surface water interactions, an innovative range of hydrological tracers and hydrochemical techniques have been applied to a total catchment in southeast Queensland. Stable and radioisotopes, carbon-14, radon-222, noble gases and SF6 were analyzed to characterize and quantify recharge sources. Statistical methods were also combined with inverse geochemical and three-dimensional geological modelling techniques, to develop regional conceptual models of groundwater movement and interaction with rivers