Tracers and Tracer Testing: Design, Implementation, and Interpretation Methods

摘要

Tracer testing is a powerful method for characterizing the subsurface. Conducting a tracer test is a fairly straightforward procedure, requiring adherence to a specified protocol. As long as one follows the appropriate steps in the correct order, the test has a good chance of success. Failure to follow these steps results in ambiguous test results, at best. Given the cost of conducting tracer tests, and the degree to which one poor test design impacts the perceived utility of tracers, a poor design or implementation is worse than not doing a test at all.