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Hydrochemistry and noble gas origin of hot spring waters of Icheon and Pocheon area in Korea  

Jeong, Chan-Ho (Department of Geotechnical Design Engineering, Daejeon University)
Koh, Yung-Kwon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Shin, Seon-Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Nagao, Keisuke (Laboratory for Earthquake of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo)
Kim, Kyu-Han (Department of Science Education, Ehwa Woman University)
Kim, Gun-Young (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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The Journal of Engineering Geology / v.19, no.4, 2009 , pp. 529-541 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hydrochemical, stable isotopic ($\delta^{18}O$ and dD) and noble gas isotopic analyses of seven hot spring water samples, eleven groundwater samples and six surface water samples collected from the Icheon and Pocheon area were carried out to find out hydrochemical characteristics, and to interpret the source of noble gases and the geochemical evolution of the hot spring waters. The hot spring waters show low temperature type ranging from 21.5 to $31.4^{\circ}C$ and the pH value between 6.69 and 9.21. Electrical conductivity of hot spring waters has the range from 310 to $735\;{\mu}S/cm$. Whereas the hot spring water in the Icheon area shows the geochemical characteristics of neutral pH, the $Ca-HCO_3$(or $Ca(Na)-HCO_3$) chemical type and a high uranium content, the hot spring water in the Pocheon area shows the characteristics of alkaline pH, the $Na-HCO_3$ chemical type and a high fluorine content. These characteristics indicate that the hot spring water in the Icheon area is under the early stage in the geochemical evolution, and that the hot spring water in the Pocheon area has been geochemically evolved. The $\delta^{18}O$ and ${\delta}D$ values of hot spring waters show the range of $-10.1{\sim}-8.69%o$ and from $-72.2{\sim}-60.8%o$, respectively, and these values supply the information of the recharge area of hot spring waters. The $^3He/^4He$ ratios of the hot spring waters range from $0.09\;{\times}\;10^{-6}$ to $0.65\;{\times}\;10^{-6}$ which are plotted above the mixing line between air and crustal components. Whereas the helium gas in the Icheon hot spring water was mainly provided from the atmospheric source mixing with the mantle(or magma) origin, the origin of helium gas in the Pocheon hot spring water shows a dominant crustal source. $^{40}Ar/^{36}Ar$ ratios of hot spring water are in the range of an atmosphere source.
Keywords
hot spring water; hydrochemical composition; low temperature type; $^3He/^4He$ ratios; crustal source;
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