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Origin of high 234U/238U ratio in post-permafrost aquifers

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Uranium in the Environment

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Isotope composition and concentration (δ2H, δ18O, 234U/238U, Ar, 40Ar/36Ar, 3He/4He and 20Ne/4He) were measured in the groundwaters (Tomsk-7). Water has a distinct cold climate isotope signature δ2H = −127..−140, δ18O = −17.0..−18.2 in contrast of modern meteoric water δ2H = −117, δ18O = −15.9. Stable isotopes are in concord with noble gas temperature tNGT = 0..+4 °C and helium model ages t = 7−14 ka. Disequilibrium uranium 234U/238U up to 16 (activity ratio) obtained and explained of 234U leaching by the melt water during the permafrost degradation.

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  1. SPb Div., IGE RAS, VO, 14 lin., 29, 199178, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia

    Igor Tokarev & Vyacheslav G. Rumynin

  2. LGTM, SCC, ul. Kurchatova 1, 636000, ZATO Sewersk, Tomsk reg., Russia

    A.A. Zubkov

  3. VSEGINGEO, pos. Zelenyi, 142452, Moscow reg., Russia

    V.A. Polyakov

  4. SPSU, VO, Srednii pr., 41, 199178, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia

    V.Yu. Kuznetsov & F.E. Maksimov

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Tokarev, I., Zubkov, A., Rumynin, V.G., Polyakov, V., Kuznetsov, V., Maksimov, F. (2006). Origin of high 234U/238U ratio in post-permafrost aquifers. In: Merkel, B.J., Hasche-Berger, A. (eds) Uranium in the Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28367-6_88

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