期刊
GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
卷 205, 期 -, 页码 187-210出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.033
关键词
Groundwater dating; Environmental tracers; Degassing; Krypton-81; Mixing analysis; Paleoclimate; Glacial meltwater; Brine; Cambrian-Vendian aquifer system
资金
- Swiss NSF
- US DOE, Office of Nuclear Physics [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
- NSF [EAR-0651161]
- Estonian Research Council [IUT19-22, PUTJD127]
- INQUA
- UNESCO
Analyses for Kr-81 and noble gases on groundwater from the deepest aquifer system of the Baltic Artesian Basin (BAB) were performed to determine groundwater ages and uncover the flow dynamics of the system on a timescale of several hundred thousand years. We find that the system is controlled by mixing of three distinct water masses: Interglacial or recent meteoric water (delta O-18 approximate to -10.4%) with a poorly evolved chemical and noble gas signature, glacial meltwater ( delta O-18 <= -18%) with elevated noble gas concentrations, and an old, high- salinity brine component ( delta O-18 >= 4.5%, >= 90 g Cl (-) /L) with strongly depleted atmospheric noble gas concentrations. The Kr-81 measurements are interpreted within this mixing framework to estimate the age of the end-members. Deconvoluted Kr-81 ages range from 300 ka to 1.3 Ma for interglacial or recent meteoric water and glacial meltwater. For the brine component, ages exceed the dating range of the ATTA-3 instrument of 1.3 Ma. The radiogenic noble gas components He-4* and Ar-40* are less conclusive but also support an age of > 1 Ma for the brine. Based on the chemical and noble gas concentrations and the dating results, we conclude that the brine originates from evaporated seawater that has been modified by later water-rock interaction. As the obtained tracer ages cover several glacial cycles, we discuss the impact of the glacial cycles on flow patterns in the studied aquifer system. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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