[en] During a long period, tracer tests aimed exclusively to define water catchment areas in karst basins. Recent developments in the methodology and in the technique itself have largely increased the potentialities of understanding karst flow mechanisms : use of boreholes as injection or measuring points, progress in tracer selection and detection, introduction of continuous monitoring... This paper emphasizes the parallelism between the evolution of the tracing technique and the knowledge of karst.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Meus, Philippe
Ek, Camille ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté des sciences) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Sciences)
Language :
English
Title :
Tracing techniques as a contribution to karstology : past experiences, new directions.
Publication date :
1999
Event name :
Nerja Cave Gelogy Symposium
Event organizer :
B. Andrea
Event place :
Malaga, Spain
Event date :
1999
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Contribución del Estudio de las Cavidades kársticas al Conocimiento geológico
Main work alternative title :
[en] Contribution of the study of caves to geological knowledge
