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Dissolved Inert Gases in Three Karstic Systems in Europe (France and Greece)

Abstract

Dissolved noble gases (He, Ne, and Ar) and N{sub 2} were measured in spring waters from three karstic systems in Europe: Baget and Larzac in France, and Drama in Greece. The content of dissolved gases was higher than those expected for water equilibrated to air at the spring's temperature range (0-15{sup o}C) and was related to both the presence of air and He excess. The He isotopic composition reveals: a dominant air and air saturated water origin for the Baget samples, a slight mantle derived He excess for Larzac and a clear crustal He excess for Drama. Although the recording time was limited, the influence of deepest waters enriched in He was more evident during the dry season. Karstic waters are therefore the result of a complex hydrologic circulation of several reservoirs characterized by different water residence times exchanging water mainly during floods. (author)
Authors:
Magro, G.; Cioni, R.; Guidi, M.; Gherardi, F. [1] 
  1. CNR-Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Pisa (Italy)
Publication Date:
Jul 15, 2013
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-CN-186/62
Resource Relation:
Conference: International Symposium on Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems and Climate Change Studies, Monaco (Monaco), 27 Mar - 1 Apr 2011; Other Information: 4 figs., 23 refs.; Related Information: In: Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems and Climate Change Studies, Vol. 2. Proceedings of the International Symposium| 655 p.
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 58 GEOSCIENCES; AIR; ARGON; DISSOLVED GASES; FLOODS; FRANCE; GREECE; HELIUM; ISOTOPE RATIO; NEON; NITROGEN; SEASONS; SPRINGS; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; WATER
OSTI ID:
22123073
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 0074-1884; ISBN 978-92-0-135610-9; TRN: XA13R0880078875
Availability:
Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/SupplementaryMaterials/Pub1580_vol2_web.pdf; Enquiries should be addressed to IAEA, Marketing and Sales Unit, Publishing Section, E-mail: sales.publications@iaea.org; Web site: http://www.iaea.org/books
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 35-43
Announcement Date:
Aug 30, 2013

Citation Formats

Magro, G., Cioni, R., Guidi, M., and Gherardi, F. Dissolved Inert Gases in Three Karstic Systems in Europe (France and Greece). IAEA: N. p., 2013. Web.
Magro, G., Cioni, R., Guidi, M., & Gherardi, F. Dissolved Inert Gases in Three Karstic Systems in Europe (France and Greece). IAEA.
Magro, G., Cioni, R., Guidi, M., and Gherardi, F. 2013. "Dissolved Inert Gases in Three Karstic Systems in Europe (France and Greece)." IAEA.
@misc{etde_22123073,
title = {Dissolved Inert Gases in Three Karstic Systems in Europe (France and Greece)}
author = {Magro, G., Cioni, R., Guidi, M., and Gherardi, F.}
abstractNote = {Dissolved noble gases (He, Ne, and Ar) and N{sub 2} were measured in spring waters from three karstic systems in Europe: Baget and Larzac in France, and Drama in Greece. The content of dissolved gases was higher than those expected for water equilibrated to air at the spring's temperature range (0-15{sup o}C) and was related to both the presence of air and He excess. The He isotopic composition reveals: a dominant air and air saturated water origin for the Baget samples, a slight mantle derived He excess for Larzac and a clear crustal He excess for Drama. Although the recording time was limited, the influence of deepest waters enriched in He was more evident during the dry season. Karstic waters are therefore the result of a complex hydrologic circulation of several reservoirs characterized by different water residence times exchanging water mainly during floods. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2013}
month = {Jul}
}