Apart from Isotope studies to determine the origin of spring water, is there any methods that I can employed to define the effective spring catchment area (Springshed).
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There are tracers other than the isotopic ones, e.g. chemical tracers, fluorencine, that can be applied. Hydrogeological methods and information are always important to investigate the springshed issue.
the chemistry of springs has been used to indicate possible origins of the water at ( Hamlin, 1990; Davis and Davis, 1997). As analytical capabilities have developed in chemistry and as a geologic understanding of spring systems has expanded, the application of geochemistry to the study of springs has continued to evolve. Two of the many important analytical developments in aquatic geochemistry have been the perfection of analyses of trace constituents, particularly organic contaminants, and the capability to perform isotopic analyses of several elements of interest in hydrogeologic studies.
