The geochemical and isotopic composition of groundwater in the Velenje Basin, Slovenia, was investigated between the years 2014 to 2015 to identify the geochemical processes in the major aquifers (Pliocene and Triassic) and the water-rock interactions. Thirty-eight samples of groundwater were taken from the aquifers, 19 in the mine and 19 from the surface. Groundwater in the Triassic aquifer is dominated by HCO , and Si, and has high alkalinity, with δ 13C DIC values in the range of -14.4 to +4.6 ‰. Based on the δ 13C DIC values in all the aquifers (Pliocene and Triassic), both processes influence the dissolution of carbonate minerals and dissolution of organic matter and in the Pliocene aquifers, methanogenesis as well. Based on Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and on geochemical and isotopic data we conclude that the following types of groundwater in Velenje Basin are present: Triassic aquifers with higher pH and lower conductivity and chloride, Pliocene, Pliocene 1 and Pliocene 2 aquifers with lower pH and higher conductivity and chloride contents, and Pliocene 3 and Pliocene 2, 3 aquifers with the highest pH values and lowest conductivities and chloride contents.
Izvle~ekV prispevku so predstavljene sistemati~ne analize izotopske sestave ogljika (δ 13 C CaCO3 ) v karbonatnih kamninah osrednje Slovenije, ki predstavljajo kra�ko-razpoklinske vodonosnike, in deleži doprinosa ogljika iz procesov raztapljanja karbonatov ter razgradnje organske snovi v vodonosnike, izra~unane iz ena~b masne bilance. Analiziranih je bilo 59 vzorcev kamnin (predvsem dolomitov) od zgornjepermske do zgornjetriasne starosti. Vzorci karbonatnih kamnin so bili upra�eni in zmleti na frakcijo 45 µm ter za dolo~itev δ 13 C CaCO3 analizirani z masnim spektrometrom za analizo stabilnih izotopov lahkih elementov -IRMS. Enaka metoda je bila uporabljena tudi za dolo~itev izotopske sestave raztopljenega anorganskega ogljika (δ 13 C DIC ) v podzemni vodi za 54 od 59 vzorcev. Vrednosti δ 13 C CaCO3 se spreminjajo v razponu od -2,0 ‰ do +4,1 ‰, s povpre~no vrednostjo +2,2 ‰. Vrednosti so tipi~ne za morske karbonate z δ 13 C CaCO3 okoli 0 ‰, se pa vrednosti δ 13 C CaCO3 v na�i raziskavi razlikujejo med posameznimi skupinami glede na nastanek in starosti. Zgodnjediagenetski dolomiti imajo relativno vi�je vrednosti δ 13 C CaCO3 v primerjavi z ostalimi analiziranimi vzorci. Najnižje vrednosti imajo cordevolski in ba�ki dolomiti, najverjetneje zaradi pozne diageneze, pri kateri je skozi že sedimentirane dolomite krožila meteorna voda z nižjo izotopsko sestavo ogljika ter posledi~no znižala vrednosti δ 13 C CaCO3 . Vrednosti δ 13 C DIC se spreminjajo v razponu od -14.6 ‰ do -8.2 ‰. Vi�je vrednosti izotopske sestave anorganskega ogljika (δ 13 C DIC ) (-8.2 ‰) v podzemni vodi kra�ko-razpoklinskih vodonosnikov kažejo na nizki delež talnega CO 2 v vodonosniku in hitro infiltracijo, medtem ko nižje vrednosti δ 13 C DIC (-14.6 ‰) kažejo na ve~ji delež talnega CO 2 v vodonosniku in s tem na po~asnej�o infiltracijo. Izra~un deleža doprinosa ogljika iz organske snovi/ raztapljanja karbonatov v kra�ko-razpoklinske vodonosnike kaže na približno enak delež (50 % : 50 %).
This paper presents a detailed study of the Tuvalian clastic member in the Lesno Brdo Area in Central Slovenia (External Dinarides). The member represents the uppermost part of the mixed siliciclastic -carbonate Carnian succesion that overlays the carstified emersion surface on top of the "Cordevolian" limestone and dolomite. The Tuvalian member is composed of red and violet sandy mudstone and marlstone that are interbedded with sandstone and gravelly sandstone. Calcite concretions are common, particularly in mudstone and marlstone. The succession was deposited on the flood plain, where fine-grained flood sediments are interrupted by mediumto coarse-grained crevasse splay sandstone and cross-stratified gravely sandstone of the small river channels. Alternatively, this succession could have been deposited in the distal zone -terminal splay/fan sediments. According to paleogeographic subdivison we suggest that the provenance area was located to the south, where carbonates, volcanoclastites/vulcanites as well as clastites were eroded. IzvlečekV pričujočem članku je opisana litološka sestava t.i. tuvalskega klastičnega člena iz okolice Lesnega Brda v osrednji Sloveniji. Člen predstavlja zgornji del paketa karnijskih karbonatnih in klastičnih kamnin, ki prekrivajo kraško-erozijsko diskordanco na vrhu »cordevolskega« apnenca in dolomita. Tuvalski klastični člen sestavljajo rdeči do vijoličasti rahlo peščeni muljevci, oziroma laporovci, z vmesnimi plastmi apnenčevih polilitičnih peščenjakov in prodnatih peščenjakov. Predvsem drobnozrnati različki kamnin vsebujejo kalcitne konkrecije. Zaporedje je bilo odloženo na poplavni ravnici, kjer prevladujoče drobnozrnate poplavne sedimente prekinjajo vmesne plasti srednje do debelozrnatih peščenjakov prebojnih pahljač in navzkrižno laminiranih prodnatih peščenjakov manjših rečnih korit. Alternativno bi se to zaporedje lahko odložilo na območju zaključnih vršajev. Glede na takratno paleogeografijo sklepamo, da je bilo izvorno območje sedimenta na jugu, kjer so bile razgaljene in erodirane predvsem karbonatne, vulkanoklastične in tudi klastične kamnine.
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