Helium in deep circulating groundwater in the Great Hungarian Plain: Flow dynamics and crustal and mantle helium fluxes

Stute, M; Sonntage, C; Schlosser, P; Deak, J

doi:10.1016/0016-7037(92)90329-H

Title: Helium in deep circulating groundwater in the Great Hungarian Plain: Flow dynamics and crustal and mantle helium fluxes

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Observed helium concentrations in deep circulating groundwater of the sedimentary basin of the Great Hungarian Plain (GHP), Hungary, cover a range of three orders of magnitude ([approx] 4 [center dot] 10[sup [minus]8] to 4 [center dot] 10[sup [minus]15] ccSTP/g). [sup 3]He/[sup 4]He ratios and noble gas concentrations are used to separate helium components originating from the atmosphere, tritium decay, crustal production, and mantle degassing. The characteristic distribution of measured helium concentrations and isotope ratios can be reproduced qualitatively by a simple two-dimensional advection/diffusion model. Other simple models isolating parts of the regional flow domain (recharge, discharge, and horizontal flow) are discussed and applied to derive quantitative information of helium fluxes due to degassing of the Earth's crust/mantle and on the dynamics of groundwater flow. The estimated helium flux of 0.7-4.5 [center dot] 10[sup 9] atoms [sup 4]He m[sup [minus]2] s[sup [minus]1] is lower than values derived from other deep groundwater circulation systems, probably because the relatively young upper few thousand meters of the sedimentary basin (Tertiary to Quaternary age) shield the flux from the deeper crust. The high mantle helium flux of up to 4.2 [center dot] 10[sup 8] atoms [sup 4]He m[sup [minus]2] s[sup [minus]1] is probably related tomore »« less

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Stute, M ^[1]; Sonntage, C ^[2]; Schlosser, P ^[3]; Deak, J ^[4]

Univ. Heidelberg (Germany) Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY (United States)
Univ. Heidelberg (Germany)
Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY (United States)
Water Resources Research Centre, Budapest (Hungary)

Publication Date:: Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI Identifier:: 6893509

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 56:5; Journal ID: ISSN 0016-7037

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES; 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROUND WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; HELIUM; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; HUNGARY; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGASSING; EARTH MANTLE; FLOW MODELS; ISOTOPE RATIO; CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN EUROPE; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; FLUIDS; GASES; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RARE GASES; WATER; 580000* - Geosciences; 152001 - Geothermal Data & Theory- Properties of Aqueous Solutions

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                    Stute, M, Sonntage, C, Schlosser, P, and Deak, J. Helium in deep circulating groundwater in the Great Hungarian Plain: Flow dynamics and crustal and mantle helium fluxes.  United States: N. p., 1992. 
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                    Stute, M, Sonntage, C, Schlosser, P, & Deak, J. Helium in deep circulating groundwater in the Great Hungarian Plain: Flow dynamics and crustal and mantle helium fluxes.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(92)90329-H

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                    Stute, M, Sonntage, C, Schlosser, P, and Deak, J. 1992.  
        "Helium in deep circulating groundwater in the Great Hungarian Plain: Flow dynamics and crustal and mantle helium fluxes".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(92)90329-H.

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@article{osti_6893509,

  title        = {Helium in deep circulating groundwater in the Great Hungarian Plain: Flow dynamics and crustal and mantle helium fluxes},

  author       = {Stute, M and Sonntage, C and Schlosser, P and Deak, J},

  abstractNote = {Observed helium concentrations in deep circulating groundwater of the sedimentary basin of the Great Hungarian Plain (GHP), Hungary, cover a range of three orders of magnitude ([approx] 4 [center dot] 10[sup [minus]8] to 4 [center dot] 10[sup [minus]15] ccSTP/g). [sup 3]He/[sup 4]He ratios and noble gas concentrations are used to separate helium components originating from the atmosphere, tritium decay, crustal production, and mantle degassing. The characteristic distribution of measured helium concentrations and isotope ratios can be reproduced qualitatively by a simple two-dimensional advection/diffusion model. Other simple models isolating parts of the regional flow domain (recharge, discharge, and horizontal flow) are discussed and applied to derive quantitative information of helium fluxes due to degassing of the Earth's crust/mantle and on the dynamics of groundwater flow. The estimated helium flux of 0.7-4.5 [center dot] 10[sup 9] atoms [sup 4]He m[sup [minus]2] s[sup [minus]1] is lower than values derived from other deep groundwater circulation systems, probably because the relatively young upper few thousand meters of the sedimentary basin (Tertiary to Quaternary age) shield the flux from the deeper crust. The high mantle helium flux of up to 4.2 [center dot] 10[sup 8] atoms [sup 4]He m[sup [minus]2] s[sup [minus]1] is probably related to the Miocene volcanism or to continuing intrusion accompanying extension. By fitting calculated helium depth profiles to measured data in the discharge area, vertical flow velocities of the order of 1.5 mm/y are estimated. Assuming that flux of 0.7-4.5 [center dot] 10[sup 9] atoms [sup 4]He m[sup [minus]2] s[sup [minus]1] is representative for the entire basin, the turnover time of the regional groundwater flow system is estimated to be about 10[sup 6] y.},

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