Tracers

• Alekseev, F.A., and Srebrodolsky, D.M., 1967, Radioactive tracers in geophysics, in Radio Isotopes in Industry and Geophysics--A Symposium, Prague, 1966, Proceedings: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, p. 133-149.



• Arnold, D.M., and Paap, H.J., 1979, Quantitative monitoring of water flow behind and in wellbore casing: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 31, no. 1, p. 121-130.



• Baetsle, L.H. and Souffriau, J., 1967, Fundamentals of the dispersion of radionuclides in sandy aquifers, in Isotopes in Hydrology--A Symposium, Vienna, 1966, Proceedings: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, p. 617-627.



• Churchill, T.R., 1967, Production of short-lived radioisotope tracers with an Sb:Be source, in Radioisotopes in Industry and Geophysics--A Symposium, Prague, 1966, Proceedings: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, p. 271-288.



• Clayton, C.G., 1964, The use of a pump to reduce mixing length in the dilution method of flow measurement: Wantage, Berkshire, England, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Report AERE-R 4623, 9 p.



• _____1967, Measurement of flow of liquids and gases using radioactive isotopes: Isotopes and Radiation Technology, v. 4, no. 2, p. 93-108.



• Clayton, C.G., Ball, A.M., and Spackman, R., 1968, Dispersion and mixing during turbulent flow of water in a circular pipe: Wantage, Berkshire, England Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Report AERE-R 5569, 13 p.



• Clayton, C.G., Spackman, R., and Ball, A.M., 1967, The accuracy and precision of liquid flow measurement by radioactive isotopes, in Radioisotope Tracers in Industry and Geophysics--A Symposium, Prague, 1966, Proceedings: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, p. 563-589.



• Cooley, B.B., 1971, Nitrate in drilling fluid as a tracer ion: Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Logging Symposium, 12th, Dallas, Tex., 1971, Transactions, p. D1-D7.



• Drost, Walter, 1970, Groundwater measurements at the site of the Sylvenstein Dam in the Bavarian Alps, in Isotopes in Hydrology--A Symposium, Vienna, 1970, Proceedings: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, p. 421-437.



• Drost, Walter, Klotz, D., Koch, D., Moser, H., Neumaier, F. and Trauert, W., 1968, The borehole dilution method of measuring groundwater filtration velocity: Munich 2, Germany, Institut fur Radiohydrometric der Gesellschaft fur Strahlenforschung M.B.H., Report GSF-Bericht R 16, 45 p.



• Edwards, J.M., and Holter, E.L., 1954, How to use radioactive isotopes for water-input profiles in water-flood operations: Oil and Gas Journal, v. 54, no. 30, p. 69-70.



• _____1962, Applications of a subsurface solid-state isotope injector to nuclear-tracer survey methods: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 14, no. 2, p. 121-124.



• Erickson, J.R., and Waddell, R.K., 1985, Identification and characterization of hydrologic properties of fractured tuff using hydraulic and tracer tests--test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4066, 30 p.



• Ford, W.O., Jr., 1962, How new injectivity profiling method works: World Oil, v. 155, no. 2, p. 43-47.



• Gadeken, L.L., and Smith, H.D., Jr., 1986, Tracerscan: A spectroscopy technique for determining the distribution of multiple radioactive tracers in downhole operations: Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Logging Symposium, 27th, Dallas, Tex., 1986, Transactions, p. ZZ1-ZZ16.



• Gaspar, Emlian, and Oncescu, Mircea, 1964, The sensitivity and the precision of radiometric methods for the determination of the flow rate of ground waters: Hidrotehnica, v. 9, no. 11, p. 585-590: Glen Ridge, N.J., Associated Technical Services, Inc., 10 p.



• Haaser, F.G., Jester, W.A., Heald, W.R., Rogowski, A.S., and Pionke, H.B., 1978, Use of neutron activatable tracers for simulating water and chemical flow through porous media: Pennsylvania State University, Institute of Research on Land and Water Resources, 306 p.



• Halevy, E., and Nir, A., 1962, The determination of aquifer parameters with the aid of radioactive tracers: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 67, no. 6, p. 2403-2409.



• Jenkins, R.E., and Koepf, E.H., 1963, New tools and methods improve fluid tracing: Oil and Gas Journal, v. 61, no. 13, p. 102-104.



• Johnson, Wallace, and Morris, B.P., 1964, Review of tracer surveys: American Petroleum Institute, Spring Meeting of the Southwestern District, Midland, Tex., 1964, Paper 906-9-E, 25 p.



• Kaveler, H.H., and Hunter Z.Z., 1952, Observations from profile logs of water injections wells: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Transactions, v. 195, p. 129-134.



• Kelldorf, W.F.N., 1969, Radioactive tracer surveying--A comprehensive report: Society of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Paper SPE 2413, 9 p.



• Keys, W.S., 1967, The application of radiation logs to groundwater hydrology, in Isotopes in Hydrology--A Symposium, Vienna, 1966, Proceedings: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, p. 477-488.



• Klett, R.D., Tyner, C.E., and Hertel, E.S., Jr., 1981, Geologic flow characterization using tracer techniques: Sandia National Laboratories, 84 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report SAND80-0454.]



• Lafferty, R.H., Jr., 1971, Flow measurements with radioisotopes, in Isotope technology development, section II: Isotopes and Radiation Technology, v. 8, no. 3, p. 287-309.



• Lane, J.W., Joesten, P.K., Haeni, F.P., Vendl, Mark, and Yeskis, Doug, 1998, Use of borehole-radar methods to monitor the movement of a saline tracer in carbonate rock at Belvidere, Illinois: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems, Chicago, Ill., 1998 [Proceedings], p. 323-332.



• Lewis, D.C., Kriz, G.J., and Burgy, R.H., 1966, Tracer dilution sampling technique to determine hydraulic conductivity of fractured rock: Water Resources Research, v. 2, no. 3, p. 533-542.



• Lichtenberger, G.J., 1981, A primer on radioactive tracer injection profiling: Annual Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, 28th, Lubbock, Tex., 1981, Proceedings, p. 251-265.



• Mairhofer, J., 1967, Groundwater flow and direction measurement by means of radioisotopes in a single well, in Stout, G. E., ed., Isotope Techniques in the Hydrologic Cycle: Geophysical Monographs of the American Geophysical Union, Series no. 11, p. 119-129.



• Marine, I.W., 1965, Correlation and water-transmitting properties of fractures: Society of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Paper SPE 1280, 6 p.



• _____1979, Determination of the location and connectivity of fractures in metamorphic rock with in-hole tracers: U.S. Department of Commerce, 15 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report CONF-790320-2, p. 1-15.]



• Mercado, A., and Halevy, E., 1966, Determining the average porosity and permeability of a stratified aquifer with the aid of radioactive tracers: Water Resources Research, v. 2, no. 3, p. 525-531.



• Mercer, R.F., and McAdams, J.B., 1982, Standards for hydrocarbon well logging: Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Logging Symposium, 23d, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1982, Transactions, p. LL1-LL13.



• Millar, R.H.G., and Buckles, R.S., 1974, Tritiated water as a drilling mud tracer in Beaufort exploration wells: Petroleum Society of Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Annual Meeting, 25th, Calgary, 1974, Paper 374030, 5 p.



• Mott, W.E., and Dempsey, J.C., 1967, Review of radiotracer applications in geophysics in the United States of America, in Radioisotopes Tracers in Industry and Geophysics--A Symposium, Prague, 1967, Proceedings: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, p. 111-131.



• Paillet, F.L., 1996, Use of well logs to prepare the way for packer strings and tracer tests--lessons from the Mirror Lake study, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., comps., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015, p. 103-109.



• Payne, B.R., Cameron, J.F., Peckham, A.E., and Thatcher, L.L., 1964, The role of radioisotope techniques in hydrology: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency Symposium, 1964, Proceedings, p. 226-238.



• Peterson, J.E., 1972, Use of the interface survey in irregular boreholes: Society of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Paper SPE 4021, 8 p.



• Rasmus, J.C., 1986, A summary of the effects of various pore geometries and their wettabilities on measured and in-situ values of cementation and saturation exponents: Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Logging Symposium, 27th, Dallas, Tex., 1986, Transactions, p. PP1-PP25.



• Richardson, J.E., 1977, Monitoring flood profiles with induction logs: Society of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Paper SPE 6785, 7 p.



• Roesner, R.E., and others, 1982, Visual flow loop investigation of nuclear flowlog performance in non-Newtonian fluids: Society of Professional Well Log Analysts Annual Logging Symposium, 23d, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1982, Transactions, p. JJ1-JJ18.



• Scott, H.D., Paap, H.J., and Arnold, D.M., 1980, Logging method for determining horizontal velocity of water in oilfield formations: Journal of Petroleum Technology, v. 32, no. 4, p. 675-684.



• Tittle, C.W., 1966, Applications of radioisotope instruments in geophysics, in Radioisotope Instruments in Industry and Geophysics--A Symposium, Prague, 1966, Proceedings: Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, p. 3-13.



• Vetter, O.J., and Zinnow, K.P., 1981, Evaluation of well-to-well tracers for geothermal reservoirs, pt. 1--Literature survey, pt. 2--Laboratory work: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 68 p. [Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161 as NTIS Report LBL-11500.]



• Webster, D.S., Proctor, J.F., and Marine, I.W., 1970, Two-well tracer test in fractured crystalline rock: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1544-I, p. I1-I22.



• Wiebenga, W.A., and others, 1967, Radioisotopes as ground-water tracers: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 72, no. 16, p. 4081-4091.



• Wright, D.L., and Lane, J.W., Jr., 1998, Mapping hydraulically permeable fractures using directional borehole radar and hole-to-hole tomography with a saline tracer: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems, Chicago, Ill., 1998 [Proceedings], p. 379-388.