Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00547
Assessing continental weathering rates and actinide transport in groundwater systems.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor KW Burton, The Open University, Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor CJ Ballentine, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr D Porcelli, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- The Open University, Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Pollution
- Hydrogeology
- Abstract:
- The mobility of radioactive pollutant nuclides in subsurface environments can be assessed using the parent-daughter relationships of naturally occurring nuclides in the 238U and 232Th decay chains. A combined study of the long- and short-lived isotopes in the world's largest aquifer will provide a unique dataset for modelling the physico-chemical parameters that occur within groundwater systems, principally adsorption/precipitation and chemical erosion. A large old groundwater system is required so that variations induced within the groundwater system are much larger than variations in the inputs during water migration through the vadose zone, including agricultural contamination. This data will be integrated with noble gas data to understand the mechanism and flux of deeper crust fluids into the shallower aquifer systems.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00547
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £29,979
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|
| £8,856 | £15,086 | £6,037 |
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