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Zhu Chenjing, Li Junxia, Xie Xianjun, 2021. Carbon and Sulfur Isotopic Features and Its Implications for Iodine Mobilization in Groundwater System at Datong Basin, Northern China. Earth Science, 46(12): 4480-4491. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2021.090
Citation: Zhu Chenjing, Li Junxia, Xie Xianjun, 2021. Carbon and Sulfur Isotopic Features and Its Implications for Iodine Mobilization in Groundwater System at Datong Basin, Northern China. Earth Science, 46(12): 4480-4491. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2021.090

Carbon and Sulfur Isotopic Features and Its Implications for Iodine Mobilization in Groundwater System at Datong Basin, Northern China

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2021.090
  • Received Date: 2021-04-08
  • Publish Date: 2021-12-15
  • In order to understand the dominant hydro-biogeochemical processes affecting the migration and transformation of iodine in groundwater system, in this study it analyzed the chemistry and carbon/sulfur isotope signatures of groundwater samples from typical high iodine area in Datong basin. Results show that the iodine concentrations of groundwater range from 14.40 to 1 030.00 μg/L and high iodine groundwater (I>100 μg/L) is mainly distributed in the discharge area near the center of the basin. The δ34SSO4 and δ13CDIC signatures of groundwater have the ranges of (-12.11‰)-(-9.79‰) and 4.04‰-16.63‰, respectively. The positive correlation between the δ13CDIC values and DOC concentrations in groundwater suggests that microbial degradation of organic matter is one of the important sources of DIC in the Datong basin. The correlation between the low δ13CDIC values and the high δ34SSO4 values indicates that groundwater SO42- serves as one of the electron accepters during the biodegradation of organic matter, and groundwater environment was dominant by the weak reducing conditions. High iodine groundwater is characterized by lower δ13CDIC and higher δ34SSO4, indicating that microbial degradation of organic matter, which acts as a dominate host of sediment iodine, promotes the release of iodine into groundwater. Moreover, the transformation among iodine species, for instance, from organic iodine/iodate to iodide, also favors the enrichment of groundwater iodine under the reducing conditions.

     

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