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Progress on Radiometric Dating of Wolfcamp Brines Using 4He and 40Ar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

A. Zaikowski ,
B. J. Kosanke  and
N. Hubbard
A. Zaikowski
Affiliation:
Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction, Colo. 81502
B. J. Kosanke
Affiliation:
Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction, Colo. 81502
N. Hubbard
Affiliation:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH 43201
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Abstract

Ground water samples (brines) from deep wells in the Palo Duro Basin, Texas are being analyzed for noble gases in an attempt to obtain radiometric ages for these brines. The brines contain radiogenic 4He and 40Ar produced from the radioactive decay of U, Th, and K. Consideration of hydrochemical data for the brines, various isotopic, chemical, and mineralogical data for the aquifer rocks and noble gas production rates allow estimating the age of the brines to be about 130 million years at two wells. At a third well interaquifer mixing has occurred and the age is presently indeterminate.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 26: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VII , 1983 , 943
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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