DYE TEST

dye test: translation

   Determination of direction and rate of flow of streams by marking them with dye at the infiltration area and then identifying and timing the reappearance of color at lower-lying springs, in river beds and elsewhere in a cave system [20].

   Synonyms: (French.) coloration; (German.) Färbung, Färbversuch; (Greek.) chrostike ichnithetesis; (Italian.) tracciamento con colorante; (Russian.) method krasjascih, indikatorov; (Spanish.) coloración; (Turkish.) boya deneyi; (Yugoslavian.) bojenje, barvanje.

   See also tracer.