Application of Tritium Dating Techniques to Water Inflows Experienced at the Donkin Morien Project, Nova Scotia

摘要

In the first 500 m of the Donkin-Morien Project, some water feeders were encountered which constituted a nuisance rather than a hazard to the drivage operations. A limited programme of tritium analyses were undertaken on selected No. 3 tunnel inflows in an attempt to establish the age, source horizon and recharge mechanism of the ingress water. A comparison of surface and underground samples reveals that the water is modern in age (pre-1952). However, it is considered from the available data that the results should only be used to supplement the analysis and interpretation of existing hydrological and hydrochemical data presently being collected. (Atomindex citation 16:056819)