Origin and evolution of reactive and noble gases dissolved in matrix pore water

Eichinger, Florian; Waber, Niklaus; Smellie, J.A.T. (2013). Origin and evolution of reactive and noble gases dissolved in matrix pore water. In: International Atomic, Energy Agency (ed.) Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems and Climate Change Studies - Proceedings of the International Symposium Held in Monaco, 27 March - 1 April 2011 (Bd. 2). Proceedings series (pp. 99-107). Wien: IAEA

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Reactive and noble gases dissolved in matrix pore water of low permeable crystalline bedrock were successfully extracted and characterized for the fist time based on drillcore samples from the Olkiluoto investigation site (SW Finland). Interaction between matrix pore water and fracture groundwater occurs predominately by diffusion. Changes in the chemical and isotopic composition of gases dissolved in fracture groundwater are transmitted and preserved in the pore water. Absolute concentrations, their ratios and the stable carbon isotope signature of hydrocarbon gases dissolved in pore water give valuable indications about the evolution of these gases in the nearby-flowing fracture groundwaters. Inert noble gases dissolved in matrix pore water and their isotopes combined with their in-situ production and accumulation rates deliver information about the residence time of pore water.

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