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Dating of hot springs at Attri, Tarabalo and Athmalik sites in Odisha, India using radiocarbon technique

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In this study environmental radioisotopes of water (3H and 14C) were used to determine the residence time of thermal waters. The temperature of geothermal waters was found to be uniform (57.6 °C ± 0.75 °C) with similar field alkalinity and pH values. The δ13C values of thermal water ranged between − 21.3 and − 18.75‰, which clearly reflect no/minimum contribution of carbonate minerals to the system. Environmental tritium concentration was found to be very low in these thermal waters indicating insignificant recharge from modern sources. The Pearson modelled 14C ages were found to vary from 4964 to 17,714 years.

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Authors sincerely acknowledge the constant support and encouragement by Dr. P.K. Pujari Associate Director, Radiochemistry and Isotope Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. The authors are also grateful to officers of the GSI, Nagpur for their support in sampling.

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    Tirumalesh Keesari, Sitangshu Chatterjee, Diksha Pant, Uday Kumar Sinha, Hemant Mohokar, Ajay Jaryal & Annadasankar Roy

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    Tirumalesh Keesari, Sitangshu Chatterjee, Diksha Pant & Annadasankar Roy

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  4. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

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Keesari, T., Chatterjee, S., Pant, D. et al. Dating of hot springs at Attri, Tarabalo and Athmalik sites in Odisha, India using radiocarbon technique. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 323, 1227–1235 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06867-1

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