Яндекс.Метрика

D.A. Novikov,A.A.Khvaschevskaya,Y.G.Kopylova,A.N.Pyryaev, A.A. Maksimova, A.S. Derkachev, F.F. Dultsev, A.V. Chernykh, D.V. Purgina

: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
: Environmental Science and Pollution Research

The first integrated isotope and chemistry results have been obtained for radon-rich thermal waters from the Belokurikha field which are used at a large spa resort in Altai, Russia. The waters reside in an unconfined aquifer composed of Quaternary soft sediments and in a confined (artesian) aquifer of monolithic to weathered Upper Paleozoic granites. The waters belong to three geochemical groups: low-radon nitrogen-silicic interstitial waters in weathered Paleozoic granites; groundwaters of REE-enriched and background compositions; surface waters of the Belokurikha River. The interstitial waters in granites have HCO3-SO4 Na and SO4-HCO3 Na major-ion chemistry, total salinity from 198 to 257 mg/L, pH = 8.69.6, silica contents of 19.8 to 24.6 mg/L, and 222Rn activity from 160 to 360 Bq/L (290 Bq/L on average). Judging by their oxygen and hydrogen (deuterium) isotope compositions (17.5 to 14.2 and 126.9 to 102.7 , respectively), the Belokurikha aquifers recharge with infiltrating meteoric water, especially the winter precipitation. The carbon isotope composition of dissolved inorganic carbon (9.7 to 25.6 13СDIC) corresponds to biogenic origin. Comparison of radon-rich mineral waters from different areas of southern Siberia shows that the change from oxidized to reduced environments leads to 232Th/238U increase from 4.20∙1057.39∙102 to 0.002226, respectively, with an intermediate range of 2.63∙1050.20 in transitional conditions.
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