Environmental Isotopes in Hydrological Processes in the Pampa Plain of Argentina

MARTINEZ, DANIEL E.; MASSONE, HÉCTOR E

Water and Environment News

International Atomic Energy Agency

Lugar: Viena, Austria; Año: 2007 vol. 22 p. 6 - 7

1020-7120

In November 2004, the Isotope Hydrology Section of the IAEA in Vienna organized the first Research Coordination Meeting of the Coordinated Research project “Isotopic age and composition of streamflow as indicators of groundwater sustainability”, aiming at the use of isotopes for tracing the amount, pathways and age of the subsurface contribution of groundwater to rivers. Among the 16 research teams worldwide participating in this project from 2004 until 2010 is the “Grupo de Hidrogeología del Centro de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata”, working together with the isotope laboratory of the “Instituto Nacional de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica” in Buenos Aires on the hydrology and hydrogeology of the Quequen Grande river in the Pampa plain of Argentina. This article briefly describes our experience after two years of continuation of the project and highlights the positive impact of the Agency’s support on the water knowledge and management in the Quequen basin.