In-situ neutron flux,Cl production and groundwater evolution in crystalline rocks at Stripa, Sweden |
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| Authors: | JN Andrews J-Ch Fontes J-L Michelot D Elmore |
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| Abstract: | The meteoric input of36Cl due to cosmogenic or nuclear-weapon-produced36Cl cannot contribute significantly to the36Cl present in the saline groundwaters (up to 700 mg l−1 Cl−) from the Stripa granite. The extent of in-situ production of36Cl has been estimated on the basis of the neutron fluxes within the granite and its surrounding leptite. The36Cl present in the groundwaters is attributed to either admixture of labelled Cl− from the leptite with Cl− from the granite or to the total derivation of groundwater chlorinity within the leptite followed by radiochemical ingrowth of36Cl during subsequent groundwater residence within the granite. The chloride derived from the leptite may be either matrix chloride or chloride from an external source which has had a long residence time within the leptite. The implications of36Cl in-situ production for the estimation of groundwater residence times and for the geochemical evolution of groundwater chlorinity are discussed. |
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