| Title: | Rare earth elements and yttrium in cold mineral and thermal (~30-60 °C) waters from Tertiary aquifers in the Mura Basin, north-eastern Slovenia: a review |
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| Authors: | ID Kralj, Polona (Author) |
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| Files: |  PDF - Presentation file, download (2,15 MB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.02 - Review Article |
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| Organization: |  GeoZS - Geological Survey of Slovenia
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| Abstract: | Cold mineral and thermal waters from Tertiary aquifers in the Mura Basin mainly belong to the Ca-(Mg)-(Na)-HCO3 and Na-HCO3 hydrogeochemical facies, respectively, and the concentrations of yttrium (Y) and lanthanides or rare earth elements (REEs) are far below (10-2 – 10-4) the abundances in the aquifer sediments. Mineral waters are high pCO2, and the plots of concentrations of YREEs normalised to Post Archean Australian Shale (PAAS) show fractionation of Y and heavy REEs (HREEs) over light REEs (LREEs), and a significant positive europium (Eu) anomaly. Thermal water from regionally developed aquifer Thermal I (recently also termed the Mura/Ujfalu Formation aquifer) shows a similar PAAS-normalised pattern with an obvious positive Eu anomaly and the tendency of enrichment with middle REEs (MREEs). The plots of PAAS-normalised YREE concentrations in thermal waters from the underlying low-permeability aquifers with poorly developed fracture porosity and
abundant CO2 are flat with insignificant positive Eu anomaly. The abundance and fractionation of YREEs in mineral and thermal waters seems to be mainly controlled by the presence of carbonate complexing ligands, permeability of the aquifers and the related time of water-rock interaction. |
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| Keywords: | rare earth elements, Yttrium, mineral waters, thermal waters, well cycling, Mura Basin |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publisher: | Geološki zavod Slovenije |
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| Year of publishing: | 2022 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 73-92 |
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| Numbering: | vol. 65, no. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-15333  |
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| UDC: | 556.3 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0016-7789 |
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| DOI: | 10.5474/geologija.2022.005 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 116550403 |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 27.07.2022 |
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