Extreme fractionation of 234U 238U and 230Th 234U in spring waters, sediments, and fossils at the Pomme de Terre Valley, southwestern Missouri
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Abstract
Isotopic fractionation as great as 1600% exists between 234U and 238U in spring waters, sediments, and fossils in the Pomme de Terre Valley, southwestern Missouri. The activity ratios of 234U238U in five springs range from 7.2 to 16 in water which has been discharged for at least the past 30,000 years. The anomalies in 234U238U ratio in deep water have potential usefulness in hydrologic investigations in southern Missouri. Clayey units overlying the spring bog sediments of Trolinger Spring are enriched in 230Th relative to their parent 234U by as much as 720%. The results indicate that both preferential displacement via alpha recoil ejection and the preferential emplacement via recoiling and physical entrapment are significant processes that are occurring in the geologic environment.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Extreme fractionation of 234U 238U and 230Th 234U in spring waters, sediments, and fossils at the Pomme de Terre Valley, southwestern Missouri |
| Series title | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |
| DOI | 10.1016/0016-7037(82)90323-4 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 1675 |
| Last page | 1679 |
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