| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K91040/01 |
| Title: |
TRANSPORT MECHANISMS OF SOLUTES IN GROUND-WATERS FROM PHYSICAL FRACTIONATION OF CL & BR STABLE ISOTOPES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Coleman, Professor ML |
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Postgrad Research Inst for Sedimentology |
| Organisation: |
University of Reading |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
01 October 1996 |
Ends: |
31 December 1998 |
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96,391
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Analyses of oil-field brines show unusual, extreme compositions of chlorine stable isotopes, believed to result from physical processes, e.g.diffusion. We will develop methods for isotopic analysis of both chlorine and bromine in dilute solution. Laboratory experiments will define chemical and isotopic changes resulting from diffusion, ion-exchange, osmosis and membrane filtration. The data will be compared with theoretical computations and used to interpret measurements from an accessible natural laboratory: a land-fill site where there is evidence of enhanced chloride transport. This will test if the methodology can characterise and quantify solute transport mechanisms in natural systems.
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