Iodine, a minor constituent in ground water, is valuable as an indicator of subsurface sources of salinity. A review of iodine geochemistry reveals that exceptions to conservative behavior include sorption onto iron and aluminum oxides and incorporation into marine organic matter with additional enrichment due to sorption. Data from the Milk River aquifer in Alberta, Canada indicate that iodide in the ground water is derived from residual waters in the fine grained, marine sediments within the sandstone formation. This localized enrichment of iodide is superimposed on a more general enrichment of halides downgradient from the recharge area, probably due to ion filtration.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/277039 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Creators | Maida, Susan Marie, 1959- |
| Contributors | Davis, Stanley N. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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