Noble gases in Canadian Shield groundwaters from the Con Mine, Yellowknife, NWT
Dissolved noble gas concentrations in Canadian Shield groundwaters from various depths of the Miramar Con Mine, Yellowknife, were examined for paleotemperature information and isotopic ratios. A high-vacuum stainless steel line with reactive gas gettering, isotope spike dilution and quadrupole mass...
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ndltd-uottawa.ca-oai-ruor.uottawa.ca-10393-265562018-01-05T19:07:09Z Noble gases in Canadian Shield groundwaters from the Con Mine, Yellowknife, NWT Battye, Nicholas John Clark, Ian, Hydrology. Geochemistry. Dissolved noble gas concentrations in Canadian Shield groundwaters from various depths of the Miramar Con Mine, Yellowknife, were examined for paleotemperature information and isotopic ratios. A high-vacuum stainless steel line with reactive gas gettering, isotope spike dilution and quadrupole mass spectrometer was constructed, tested and calibrated prior to sample analysis. In addition to noble gases, groundwater flow rates and formational pressures, as well as the major ions, stable isotopes and tritium values, were also measured. Data collected on flow rates and formational pressures was compared to that published by Intera Consultants Ltd. (1997). Trends indicate an almost universal decline in both parameters over the four year period, reflective of changing mine conditions. The major ions in solution are represented primarily by Ca, Na, Cl, SO 4, and HCO3, at shallow depths. In the deep subsurface, Ca, Na, and Cl become the dominant species, forming a Ca-Na/CI brine characteristic of the Canadian Shield that reaches a TDS of 304 g/L. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) 2013-11-07T17:24:58Z 2013-11-07T17:24:58Z 2003 2003 Thesis Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-01, page: 0175. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26556 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-9688 en 108 p. University of Ottawa (Canada) |
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Dissolved noble gas concentrations in Canadian Shield groundwaters from various depths of the Miramar Con Mine, Yellowknife, were examined for paleotemperature information and isotopic ratios. A high-vacuum stainless steel line with reactive gas gettering, isotope spike dilution and quadrupole mass spectrometer was constructed, tested and calibrated prior to sample analysis. In addition to noble gases, groundwater flow rates and formational pressures, as well as the major ions, stable isotopes and tritium values, were also measured.
Data collected on flow rates and formational pressures was compared to that published by Intera Consultants Ltd. (1997). Trends indicate an almost universal decline in both parameters over the four year period, reflective of changing mine conditions.
The major ions in solution are represented primarily by Ca, Na, Cl, SO 4, and HCO3, at shallow depths. In the deep subsurface, Ca, Na, and Cl become the dominant species, forming a Ca-Na/CI brine characteristic of the Canadian Shield that reaches a TDS of 304 g/L. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) |
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Noble gases in Canadian Shield groundwaters from the Con Mine, Yellowknife, NWT |
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Noble gases in Canadian Shield groundwaters from the Con Mine, Yellowknife, NWT |
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Noble gases in Canadian Shield groundwaters from the Con Mine, Yellowknife, NWT |
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Noble gases in Canadian Shield groundwaters from the Con Mine, Yellowknife, NWT |
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Noble gases in Canadian Shield groundwaters from the Con Mine, Yellowknife, NWT |
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noble gases in canadian shield groundwaters from the con mine, yellowknife, nwt |
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University of Ottawa (Canada) |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26556 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-9688 |
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