Krypton 81: A New Method of Paleogroundwater Dating

Xinying Ling; Peiyuan Chen; Haichao Yu

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Krypton 81: A New Method of Paleogroundwater Dating

Xinying Ling, Peiyuan Chen, Haichao Yu

Published in International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 4, Issue 4)

Received: 14 June 2019 Accepted: 8 July 2019 Published: 5 August 2019

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Abstract

Recently, because of ⁸¹Kr’s advantages of steady chemical property, long half-life and no extra source in the movement of groundwater, it is becoming an effective method to date old groundwater (age from 10⁵-10⁶ year). This paper summarizes the principles of ⁸¹Kr in groundwater dating and extraction method, presents the application of ⁸¹Kr in groundwater dating and discusses the problems of recent related researches, makes prospects of studies of radionuclide in hydrogeology chemistry, and provide scientific support for the measurement of ⁸¹Kr and the researches of old groundwater dating.

Published in	International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnrem.20190404.13
Page(s)	96-101
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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⁸¹Kr, Groundwater Dating, Radionuclide, Hydrogeology

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Xinying Ling, Peiyuan Chen, Haichao Yu. (2019). Krypton 81: A New Method of Paleogroundwater Dating. International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, 4(4), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijnrem.20190404.13

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Xinying Ling; Peiyuan Chen; Haichao Yu. Krypton 81: A New Method of Paleogroundwater Dating. Int. J. Nat. Resour. Ecol. Manag. 2019, 4(4), 96-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20190404.13

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Xinying Ling, Peiyuan Chen, Haichao Yu. Krypton 81: A New Method of Paleogroundwater Dating. Int J Nat Resour Ecol Manag. 2019;4(4):96-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20190404.13

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Xinying Ling

College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Peiyuan Chen

College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Haichao Yu

College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

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Xinying Ling; Peiyuan Chen; Haichao Yu. Krypton 81: A New Method of Paleogroundwater Dating. Int. J. Nat. Resour. Ecol. Manag. 2019, 4(4), 96-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20190404.13

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Xinying Ling, Peiyuan Chen, Haichao Yu. Krypton 81: A New Method of Paleogroundwater Dating. Int J Nat Resour Ecol Manag. 2019;4(4):96-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20190404.13

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