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Table 11. d2H (deuterium/hydrogen isotopic ratio) and d18O (oxygen-18/oxygen-16 isotopic ratio) values for ground-water samples collected from springs discharging from clinker and wells completed in the Wasatch aquifer and coalbed aquifers

[‰, parts per thousand or per mil]

Site number

Hydrogeologic unit

d2H (‰)

d18O (‰)

S1

Springs discharging from clinker

-138.5

-18.04

S2

Springs discharging from clinker

-142.6

-18.41

W1

Wasatch aquifer

-139.0

-18.03

W2

Wasatch aquifer

-124.0

-15.57

W3

Wasatch aquifer

-140.7

-18.40

W4

Wasatch aquifer

-148.6

-19.02

W5

Wasatch aquifer

-147.8

-19.03

W6

Wasatch aquifer

-131.1

-18.14

W7

Wasatch aquifer

-146.5

-18.95

W8

Wasatch aquifer

-138.9

-18.46

C1

Coalbed aquifers

-137.9

-17.84

C2

Coalbed aquifers

-141.9

-18.31

C4

Coalbed aquifers

-144.2

-18.54

C5

Coalbed aquifers

-138.1

-17.92

C6

Coalbed aquifers

-140.9

-18.25

C8

Coalbed aquifers

-143.5

-18.79

C10

Coalbed aquifers

-143.4

-18.51

C11

Coalbed aquifers

-132.9

-17.80

C12

Coalbed aquifers

-136.6

-18.56

C13

Coalbed aquifers

-141.3

-18.40

C151

Coalbed aquifers

-151.0
2-150.3

-19.99
2-19.94

C16

Coalbed aquifers

-134.9

-18.66

C17

Coalbed aquifers

-143.7

-18.78

1A petroleum product is present in this well but it is unlikely to affect d2H and d18O values (Carol Kendall, oral comm., 2000).

2Replicate sample.


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