Yamanaka, M, Bottrell, SH, Wu, J et al. (3 more authors) (2014) Chlorine stable isotope evidence for salinization processes of confined groundwater in southwestern Nobi Plain aquifer system, central Japan. Journal of Hydrology, 519 (Part A). 295 - 306. ISSN 0022-1694
Abstract
A confined aquifer system, isolated from modern seawater, is developed in argillaceous marine and freshwater sediments of Pliocene-Holocene age in southwestern Nobi Plain (SWNP), central Japan. A tongue of brackish confined groundwater (Cl- >1000mg/L), which extends from the shoreline of Ise Bay inland, mostly has negative δ37Cl values with -0.90‰ to 0.21‰. The Cl isotopic compositions are negatively correlated with paleo seawater Cl- concentrations discriminated by a Rayleigh distillation model with δ34S values, while they are not correlated with either total Cl- concentrations or δ34S values. Furthermore, Cl- concentrations from modern seawater are positively correlated with δ37Cl values. In addition to these observations, diffusion model calculations suggest that paleo seawater Cl- has diffused out from argillaceous marine sediments whereas modern seawater Cl- has not been affected by preferential diffusion of Cl isotopes because it has migrated by advection via both an unconfined aquifer and non-pumping wells. Moreover, the brackish groundwater is characterized by an excess of Na/Cl ratio and deficits of Mg/Cl and Ca/Cl ratios compared to those predicted from simple mixing of freshwater with seawater. This would be caused by cation exchange reactions in the confined aquifer system in which groundwater is freshening after salinization by both paleo seawater and/or modern seawater.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Cation exchange reaction; Chlorine isotope; Confined aquifer; Diffusion process; Paleo seawater |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2015 13:36 |
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2015 12:21 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.022 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.022 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:82689 |