Oxygen- and sulfur-isotope geochemistry of acidic groundwater discharge in British Columbia, Yukon, and District of Mackenzie, Canada
The Paint Pots in Kootenay National Park (British Columbia) appear to derive the Fe, Zn, Pb, and [Formula: see text] contents of their water from sulfide mineralization in Lower and Middle Cambrian carbonates. The Fe, Zn, Ni, and [Formula: see text] contents of groundwater discharging into a tributa...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e85-177 2023-12-17T10:47:41+01:00 Oxygen- and sulfur-isotope geochemistry of acidic groundwater discharge in British Columbia, Yukon, and District of Mackenzie, Canada Everdingen, Robert O. van Shakur, M. Asif Michel, Frederick A. 1985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e85-177 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e85-177 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 22, issue 11, page 1689-1695 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 General Earth and Planetary Sciences journal-article 1985 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e85-177 2023-11-19T13:38:31Z The Paint Pots in Kootenay National Park (British Columbia) appear to derive the Fe, Zn, Pb, and [Formula: see text] contents of their water from sulfide mineralization in Lower and Middle Cambrian carbonates. The Fe, Zn, Ni, and [Formula: see text] contents of groundwater discharging into a tributary of Engineer Creek (Yukon) are likely derived from sulfide mineralization in Devonian or Ordovician black shales exposed in the area. The high Fe and [Formula: see text] contents of a natrojarosite deposit northeast of Fort Norman (Northwest Territories) are probably derived from pyritiferous Cretaceous shales in that area. Isotope analyses of water and of dissolved and precipitated sulfur species from these three sites where acidic, heavy-metal-bearing groundwater is being discharged revealed that between 38 and 74% of the oxygen used in the subsurface oxidation of metal sulfides is supplied by H 2 O molecules rather than by molecular (dissolved) oxygen. The available data also suggest that lower percentages of water oxygen in the secondary sulfates reflect increasing activity of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans or similar bacteria in the oxidation process. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Territories Yukon Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Yukon Northwest Territories Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Engineer Creek ENVELOPE(-138.303,-138.303,65.361,65.361) Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 22 11 1689 1695 |
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The Paint Pots in Kootenay National Park (British Columbia) appear to derive the Fe, Zn, Pb, and [Formula: see text] contents of their water from sulfide mineralization in Lower and Middle Cambrian carbonates. The Fe, Zn, Ni, and [Formula: see text] contents of groundwater discharging into a tributary of Engineer Creek (Yukon) are likely derived from sulfide mineralization in Devonian or Ordovician black shales exposed in the area. The high Fe and [Formula: see text] contents of a natrojarosite deposit northeast of Fort Norman (Northwest Territories) are probably derived from pyritiferous Cretaceous shales in that area. Isotope analyses of water and of dissolved and precipitated sulfur species from these three sites where acidic, heavy-metal-bearing groundwater is being discharged revealed that between 38 and 74% of the oxygen used in the subsurface oxidation of metal sulfides is supplied by H 2 O molecules rather than by molecular (dissolved) oxygen. The available data also suggest that lower percentages of water oxygen in the secondary sulfates reflect increasing activity of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans or similar bacteria in the oxidation process. |
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Everdingen, Robert O. van Shakur, M. Asif Michel, Frederick A. |
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Oxygen- and sulfur-isotope geochemistry of acidic groundwater discharge in British Columbia, Yukon, and District of Mackenzie, Canada |
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Oxygen- and sulfur-isotope geochemistry of acidic groundwater discharge in British Columbia, Yukon, and District of Mackenzie, Canada |
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Oxygen- and sulfur-isotope geochemistry of acidic groundwater discharge in British Columbia, Yukon, and District of Mackenzie, Canada |
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Oxygen- and sulfur-isotope geochemistry of acidic groundwater discharge in British Columbia, Yukon, and District of Mackenzie, Canada |
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Oxygen- and sulfur-isotope geochemistry of acidic groundwater discharge in British Columbia, Yukon, and District of Mackenzie, Canada |
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oxygen- and sulfur-isotope geochemistry of acidic groundwater discharge in british columbia, yukon, and district of mackenzie, canada |
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ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) ENVELOPE(-138.303,-138.303,65.361,65.361) |
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