Hydrogeochemical zoning of uranium isotopes (234U/ 238U) in the Southern Siberian paleocontinent: the role of the South Baikal reservoir in the groundwater formation
S. Rasskazov, A. Ilyasova, I. Chuvashova, S. Bornyakov, A. I. Orgilyianov, S. N. Kovalenko, A. Seminsky, E. P. Popov, E. Chebykin
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Abstract
The southern deformed edge of the Siberian paleocontinent is studied for zoning the disturbance of 234U/238U cyclic equilibrium in groundwaters discharged to the accreted Khamardaban terrane. A relationship is established between vertical variations of 234U/238U (ОА4/8) activity ratios and the hydrogeochemical zoning of groundwaters. Lateral ОА4/8 zoning of groundwaters in the basement rocks and sedimentary cover of the Siberian platform is described. It is emphasized that an important role is played by the water propagating from the South Baikal reservoir (SBR) (ОА4/8 = 1.95–1.99; U content = 0.44–0.46 μg/L) under the shore of Lake Baikal. It is suggested that the lateral advancement of the SBR water is facilitated by the development of low-angle (weakened by rifting) fractures of the Angara thrust fault, as well as subvertical fractures in the shear zone of the Main Sayan Fault. Monitoring data on the study area show that the ratios of the groundwaters components vary in time due to Cherdyntsev – Chalov deformational effect, chemical interaction of the waters and evaporites, and mixing of the groundwaters with contrasting hydrogeochemical signatures.
期刊介绍:
The purpose of the journal is facilitating awareness of the international scientific community of new data on geodynamics of continental lithosphere in a wide range of geolchronological data, as well as tectonophysics as an integral part of geodynamics, in which physico-mathematical and structural-geological concepts are applied to deal with topical problems of the evolution of structures and processes taking place simultaneously in the lithosphere. Complex geological and geophysical studies of the Earth tectonosphere have been significantly enhanced in the current decade across the world. As a result, a large number of publications are developed based on thorough analyses of paleo- and modern geodynamic processes with reference to results of properly substantiated physical experiments, field data and tectonophysical calculations. Comprehensive research of that type, followed by consolidation and generalization of research results and conclusions, conforms to the start-of-the-art of the Earth’s sciences.