Geochemical and Isotopic Compositions and Geothermometry of Thermal Waters in the Magumsan Area, South Korea

Autor: Kyu Han Kim, Sang-Won Ahn, Chan-Ho Jeong, Jae-Ha Yang, Keisuke Nagao, Yu Jin Lee, Yong-Cheon Lee, Byeong-Dae Lee, Hyeon-Woo Jang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Water
Volume 11
Issue 9
Water, Vol 11, Iss 9, p 1774 (2019)
ISSN: 2073-4441
DOI: 10.3390/w11091774
Popis: The Magumsan thermal waters of the southeastern Korean Peninsula are pumped out of six deep wells (average depth, 300 m) at temperatures of 30.8&ndash
49 °
C. The thermal waters are chemically classified into two groups: NaHCO3 type (<
31 °
C) and NaCl (HCO3, SO4) type (>
40 °
C), both of which have chemical compositions that are distinct from local groundwater (Ca&ndash
HCO3 type). &delta
18O and &delta
D values suggest that the thermal waters originate from meteoric water and they are isotopically fractionated by silicate hydration or H2S exchange. &delta
34S values (+7.0 to +15%) of dissolved sulfate in the thermal waters reflect enrichment in 34S through kinetically controlled oxidation of magmatic pyrite in the thermal aquifer and mixing with paleo-seawater. On the 3He/4He vs. 4He/20Ne diagram, the thermal waters plot along a single air mixing line of dominant crustal He, which indicates that the heat source for the thermal waters is non-volcanogenic thermal energy that is generated from the decay of radioactive elements in crustal rocks. Chalcedony geothermometry and thermodynamic equilibrium calculations using the PHREEQC program indicate a reservoir temperature for the immature thermal waters of 54&ndash
86 °
C and 55&ndash
83 °
C, respectively.
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