A hydrological tracer experiment with LiCl in a high mountain lake | Zendy

Thies Hansjörg | Zendy; Nickus Ulrike | Zendy; Arnold Christoph | Zendy; Psenner Roland | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Premium

A hydrological tracer experiment with LiCl in a high mountain lake

Author(s) -

Thies Hansjörg,

Nickus Ulrike,

Arnold Christoph,

Psenner Roland

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

hydrological processes

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.222

H-Index - 161

eISSN - 1099-1085

pISSN - 0885-6087

DOI - 10.1002/hyp.1004

Subject(s) - tracer , hydrology (agriculture) , residence time (fluid dynamics) , environmental science , chloride , flushing , lithium chloride , lithium (medication) , geology , chemistry , medicine , physics , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , endocrinology , nuclear physics

The water residence time of the high mountain seepage lake Gossenköllesee (2413 m, Tyrol, Austria) was determined by measuring the flushing rate of a tracer substance. During holomixis in July 1997, when circulation occurred throughout the entire water column, a dilute lithium chloride solution was injected into the lake causing the lithium concentration to rise from the background value of 0·06 to 3·1 μg L −1 . The water residence time was derived from the exponential decline of the lithium mass in the lake between July and October holomixis. The water residence time was about 2 months, i.e. the lake volume was exchanged twice between the two periods of holomictic conditions. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This content is not available in your region!

Continue researching here.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research