This booklet covers the soil tracer techniques that have been shown to be useful for Australian situations. These important tracer techniques include those involving surface-applied tracers, historically-applied tracers and environmental soil tracers.
Introduction
Movement of Tracers through Soil
Using Environmental Chloride as a Tracer
Artificial Tracer Methods for Recharge Estimation
Atomic Bomb Tracers
Errors in Using Tracer Methods
Comparison of Recharge Estimates Obtained by Different Methods
References
Landholders, integrated catchment management groups, landcare groups, extension officers, hydrologists, agronomists, hydrogeologists, local government engineers and planners, soil and agricultural scientists, academics and students.