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Geochemical and Environmental Isotope Study on the Groundwater from the Youngcheon Area, Gyeongbuk Province  

Kim, Geon-Young (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Koh, Yong-Kwon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Bae, Dae-Seok (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Won, Chong-Ho (Korea Water Resources Corporation)
Jung, Do-Hwan (Kyungpook National University)
Choi, Byoung-Young (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.12, no.4, 2007 , pp. 35-53 More about this Journal
Abstract
Geochemical and isotope studies on the groundwater system of the Youngcheon area were carried out. Most groundwaters belong to Ca-$HCO_3$ and Ca-$SO_4$ types and some groundwaters belong to Na-$HCO_3$ type. Geochemical characteristics of these groundwaters were mainly affected by their basement rocks around the boreholes. High $SO_4$ content of groundwater is the result of reaction with sulfate or sulfide minerals in the host rock. Ca was originated from the carbonate minerals in the sedimentary rock. After the groundwater was saturated with calcite, the Na-$HCO_3$ type groundwaters were evolved by the reaction with plagioclase for a relatively long residence time. This explanation was supported by low tritium contents of Na-$HCO_3$ type groundwaters. ${\delt}a^{18}O$ and ${\delta}D$ data indicate that the groundwaters are of meteoric water origin and there was no difference between the various types of waters. Grondwaters from the boreholes BH-1, BH-9 and BH-12 showed the geochemical and isotopic characteristics of deep groundwater. Most borehole groundwaters except them did not show the systematic geochemical variations with sampling depth indicating that the shallow and deep groundwaters were mixed with each other throughout the study area. The results of water quality analysis indicate that the study area is highly contaminated by the introduction of agricultural sewage.
Keywords
Youngcheon; Groundwater geochemistry by depth; Isotope; Groundwater contamination;
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