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Tritium and 35S activity variation in precipitation in Korea and its application to groundwater age determination

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3H and 35S activity in precipitation was analyzed to evaluate short and medium groundwater age. Precipitation sample was collected from Feb-2020 to May-2021 at rainy day. Tritium activity in precipitation ranged from 0.5 to 11.2 TU and 35S activity ranged from 10.1 to 97.7 mBq/L. 3H and 35S activity correlated and their contents are high in spring while Jun ~ Aug precipitation sample was low due to marine air mass introduction. The 3H and 35S activity of some karst groundwaters were analyzed.

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This work was supported by the Basic Research Project (22–3411) of the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) funded by the Ministry of Science and Information and Communications Technology and the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) grant by the Korean government (MSIP) (No. CAP-17–05-KIGAM).

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Yoon, Y.Y., Ko, K.S. & Lee, J.M. Tritium and 35S activity variation in precipitation in Korea and its application to groundwater age determination. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 1917–1921 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08888-3

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