Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018

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[S-GC45] Volatile Cycles in the Deep Earth - from Subduction Zone to Hot Spot

Mon. May 21, 2018 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall7, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Yuji Sano(Division of Ocean and Earth Systems, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo), Takeshi Hanyu(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Department of Solid Earth Geochemistry), Hirochika Sumino(東京大学大学院総合文化研究科広域科学専攻相関基礎科学系)

[SGC45-P03] Delineations of groundwater circulations and geothermal water origins using the geochemistry and noble gas of groundwater around the Yangsan fault, Republic of Korea.

*YU JIN LEE1, CHAN HO JEONG1, YONG CHEON LEE1, JUNSIK PARK1, SONG MIN OU1 (1. Daejeon Univ.)

Keywords:fault, geochemistry, noble gas, groundwater, geothermal water

The geochemistry and noble gas isotope of groundwater in 10 deep groundwaters and 3 geothermal waters were examined for the characterization of groundwater circulations and the heat source origins of geothermal waters around major fault such as Yangsan fault, southeastern part of the Korean peninsula. The pH values of groundwaters and geothermal waters were in ranges from 5.65 to 8.16 and from 7.0 to 7.98, respectively. In the geothermal waters such as the Haeundae geothermal waters and the Dongrae geothermal waters, the average electrical conductivity was relatively high (3,890 uS/cm) due to the high Na and Cl concentrations. It indicates that the geothermal waters in the hot spring areas are affected by the seawater intrusion. The geochemical types of groundwaters and geothermal waters were Ca-HCO3 (Ca-SO4(Cl)) and Na-Cl type, respectively and showed indistinct relationship with the geological characteristics. In the results of noble gas analysis, the most of groundwaters were plotted along the air-crust mixing line on 3He/4He vs. 4He/20Ne diagram. It implied that the 3He of groundwater except one groundwater sample are dominantly derived from the air and are mixed with the helium originated from the crust. Also, it indicates that the groundwater actively circulates along the faults and the faults cannot play a role of upward pathway of a deep-seated helium gases. The 4He concentrations of groundwater were relatively high in the aquifer. It indicated that the groundwaters are sufficiently interacted with the basement rock. The 3He/4He ratios of the geothermal waters, plotted on the air-crust mixing line, were in ranged from 0.41010-6 to 0.81010-6. It suggested that the He gases in the geothermal waters are mainly originated from the atmosphere and crust, and partly from the mantle sources.