Hot springs of Rhodesia: Their noble gases,isotopic and chemical composition |
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Authors: | Emanuel Mazor BTH Verhagen |
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Institution: | Nuclear Physics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa |
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Abstract: | Four of Rhodesia's hottest spring complexes (54–100°C) were studied. Tritium contents were very low, compared to adjacent rivers, indicating that the samples studied were indigenous, deep-seated water which had undergone negligible intermixing with surface water.The noble-gas measurements revealed: (1) the waters are meteoric; (2) the noble gases were kept in closed-system conditions in the ground; (3) paleotemperatures are 26–31°C; (4) the boiling Binga springs lost part of their noble gases.Independently, measurements of stable isotopes indicate the meteoric origin of the springs. The chemical composition of the waters clearly reflects their origin from two groups of rocks — one from Karroo sediments and one from crystalline rocks. |
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