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[AHW19-P01] On-site gas measurements to assess groundwater dynamics in hydrological and hydrogeological studies – potential and challenges
Keywords:miniRUEDI, trace gases, gas monitoring, gas screening
The miniRUEDI portable mass spectrometer system (Brennwald et al., 2016, 2020) has been shown to allow a reliable and robust manner for the continuous on-site monitoring of gases in environmental (e.g., Giroud et al., 2023) and engineered systems (e.g., Tomonaga et al., 2019, 2022).
Based on our long-term experience in using the miniRUEDI technology to realize gas monitoring strategies, we aim to stimulate a discussion on the potential of gas tracers within the context of hydrological and hydrogeological studies (e.g., Brennwald et al., 2022; Schilling et al., 2023).
References
Brennwald, M. S., Schmidt, M., Oser, J., & Kipfer, R. (2016). A portable and autonomous mass spectrometric system for on-site environmental gas analysis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50(24), 13455–13463, doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b03669.
Brennwald, M. S., Tomonaga, Y., & Kipfer, R. (2020). Deconvolution and compensation of mass spectrometric overlap interferences with the miniRUEDI portable mass spectrometer. MethodsX, 7, 101038, doi:10.1016/j.mex.2020.101038.
Brennwald, M. S., Peel, M., Blanc, T., Tomonaga, Y., Kipfer, R., Brunner, P., & Hunkeler, D. (2022). New experimental tools to use noble gases as artificial tracers for groundwater flow. Front. Water, 4, 925294, doi:10.3389/frwa.2022.925294.
Giroud, S., Tomonaga, Y., Brennwald, M. S., Takahata, N., Shibata, T., Sano, Y., & Kipfer, R. (2023). New experimental approaches enabling the continuous monitoring of gas species in hydrothermal fluids. Front. Water, 4, 1032094, doi:10.3389/frwa.2022.1032094.
Schilling, O.S., Nagaosa, K., Schilling, T.U., Brennwald, M.S., Sohrin, R., Tomonaga, Y., Brunner, P., Kipfer, R., & Kato, K. (2023). Revisiting Mt Fuji's groundwater origins with helium, vanadium and environmental DNA tracers. Nat. Water, 1, 60–73, doi:10.1038/s44221-022-00001-4.
Tomonaga, Y., Giroud, N., Brennwald, M. S., Horstmann, E., Diomidis, N., Kipfer, R., & Wersin, P. (2019). On-line monitoring of the gas composition in the Full-scale Emplacement experiment at Mont Terri (Switzerland). Appl. Geochem., 100, 234-243, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.11.015.
Tomonaga, Y., Wersin, P., Rufer, D., Pastina, B., Koho, P., Ville, H., & Kipfer, R. (2022). Gas-bentonite interactions: Towards a better understanding of gas dynamics in Engineered Barrier Systems. Appl. Geochem., 138, 105205, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105205.
Based on our long-term experience in using the miniRUEDI technology to realize gas monitoring strategies, we aim to stimulate a discussion on the potential of gas tracers within the context of hydrological and hydrogeological studies (e.g., Brennwald et al., 2022; Schilling et al., 2023).
References
Brennwald, M. S., Schmidt, M., Oser, J., & Kipfer, R. (2016). A portable and autonomous mass spectrometric system for on-site environmental gas analysis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50(24), 13455–13463, doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b03669.
Brennwald, M. S., Tomonaga, Y., & Kipfer, R. (2020). Deconvolution and compensation of mass spectrometric overlap interferences with the miniRUEDI portable mass spectrometer. MethodsX, 7, 101038, doi:10.1016/j.mex.2020.101038.
Brennwald, M. S., Peel, M., Blanc, T., Tomonaga, Y., Kipfer, R., Brunner, P., & Hunkeler, D. (2022). New experimental tools to use noble gases as artificial tracers for groundwater flow. Front. Water, 4, 925294, doi:10.3389/frwa.2022.925294.
Giroud, S., Tomonaga, Y., Brennwald, M. S., Takahata, N., Shibata, T., Sano, Y., & Kipfer, R. (2023). New experimental approaches enabling the continuous monitoring of gas species in hydrothermal fluids. Front. Water, 4, 1032094, doi:10.3389/frwa.2022.1032094.
Schilling, O.S., Nagaosa, K., Schilling, T.U., Brennwald, M.S., Sohrin, R., Tomonaga, Y., Brunner, P., Kipfer, R., & Kato, K. (2023). Revisiting Mt Fuji's groundwater origins with helium, vanadium and environmental DNA tracers. Nat. Water, 1, 60–73, doi:10.1038/s44221-022-00001-4.
Tomonaga, Y., Giroud, N., Brennwald, M. S., Horstmann, E., Diomidis, N., Kipfer, R., & Wersin, P. (2019). On-line monitoring of the gas composition in the Full-scale Emplacement experiment at Mont Terri (Switzerland). Appl. Geochem., 100, 234-243, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.11.015.
Tomonaga, Y., Wersin, P., Rufer, D., Pastina, B., Koho, P., Ville, H., & Kipfer, R. (2022). Gas-bentonite interactions: Towards a better understanding of gas dynamics in Engineered Barrier Systems. Appl. Geochem., 138, 105205, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105205.