The brine underlying the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, USA: Characterization, genesis, and environmental implications

Details The brine underlying the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, USA: Characterization, genesis, and environmental implications The brine underlying the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, USA: Characterization, genesis, and environmental implications

Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996gecoa..60..787n&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 60, Issue 5, p. 787-801.

Mathematics

Logic

2

Scientific paper

The deep hydrogeologic system underlying the Oak Ridge Atomic Reservation contains brine. Its origin was assessed using existing and newly acquired chemical and isotopic data. The proposed model which best fits the data is modification of residual brine from which halite has been precipitated. Potential sources for this brine are in the Appalachian Mountains in the east, where bedded halite is documented, and where the hydraulic gradient needed to move the residual brine exists. Other models, such as ultrafiltration and halite dissolution, were also evaluated. In places, contaminants such as radionuclides, heavy metals, nitrates, and organic compounds have reached the deep system. The chemical and isotopic features of the brine were examined with respect to its potential discharge, contaminated in places, into shallow, freshwater systems. The observations suggest that whereas the origin of the salts in the brine may be very old, influx of recent water takes place. Consequently, the brine is not isolated (in terms of recharge and discharge) from the overlying active and fresh-water-bearing units.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The brine underlying the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, USA: Characterization, genesis, and environmental implications does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The brine underlying the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, USA: Characterization, genesis, and environmental implications, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The brine underlying the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee, USA: Characterization, genesis, and environmental implications will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1645897