86Kr excess and other noble gases identify a billion-year-old radiogenically-enriched groundwater system

O. Warr; C. J. Ballentine; T. C. Onstott; D. M. Nisson; T. L. Kieft; D. J. Hillegonds; B. Sherwood Lollar

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31412-2

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

86Kr excess and other noble gases identify a billion-year-old radiogenically-enriched groundwater system

O. Warr,
C. J. Ballentine,
T. C. Onstott,
D. M. Nisson,
T. L. Kieft,
D. J. Hillegonds,
B. Sherwood Lollar

Affiliations

O. Warr: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
C. J. Ballentine: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
T. C. Onstott: Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
D. M. Nisson: Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
T. L. Kieft: Biology Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
D. J. Hillegonds: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
B. Sherwood Lollar: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31412-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Noble gases confirm billion-year groundwater residence times and external fluxes in deep crustal settings globally with implications for subsurface habitability and economic reservoir formation over planetary timescales both on Earth and beyond

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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