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Spatial Radiocarbon and Stable Carbon Isotope Variability of Mineral and Thermal Waters in Slovakia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

P P Povinec ,
O Franko ,
A Šivo ,
M Richtáriková ,
R Breier ,
P K Aggarwal  and
L Araguás-Araguás
P P Povinec*
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, SK-84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
O Franko
Affiliation:
State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Bratislava, Slovakia
A Šivo
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, SK-84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
M Richtáriková
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, SK-84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
R Breier
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, SK-84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
P K Aggarwal
Affiliation:
Isotope Hydrology Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
L Araguás-Araguás
Affiliation:
Isotope Hydrology Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
*
Corresponding author. Email: povinec@fmph.uniba.sk.
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Isotope hydrology investigations were carried out with the aim to study isotope variability in mineral and thermal waters (MTW) of Slovakia. The aquifers of MTW were formed by Triassic limestones and dolomites, which are found in the mountains as well as in the pre-Tertiary substratum of depressions and lowlands. The MTW were of artesian and/or open structures. At present, there are only boreholes available, as natural outflows have already been captured by them. Large spatial isotope variability (14C between 2 and 33.6 pMC, δ18O between −11.8‰ and −9.8‰, and δ13C between −12.7‰ and +3.4‰ for bicarbonates and −21‰ and –4.9‰ for free CO2) and heterogeneity of MTW was observed, indicating different origins of MTW. Corrected radiocarbon apparent ages of MTW indicate that they mostly infiltrated during the Würm and Holocene periods.

Type
Freshwater and Groundwater
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 52 , Issue 3: 20th Int. Radiocarbon Conference Proceedings , 2010 , pp. 1056 - 1067
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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