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Determination of Elements in Thermal Springs for Monitoring Pre-Earthquake Activites by ICP-MS

Author(s) -

Mehmet Emrah Yaman

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

atomic spectroscopy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.294

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 2708-521X

pISSN - 0195-5373

DOI - 10.46770/as.2011.05.002

Subject(s) - chemistry , inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry , environmental chemistry , mass spectrometry , chromatography

Thisstudypresentstheresults ofhydrogeochemicalstudiescar riedoutattheKosthermal springsinBingol,locatedinEast Anatolia,Turkey.Morethan250 thermalwatersampleswerecollectedonaregularbasisfrom November2006toJanuary2009 tomeasureelementconcentra tionsasamonitorofearthquake precursors.Watersampleswere analyzedusinginductivelycou pledplasmamassspectrometry (ICP-MS).TheB,Ba,Br,andGe concentrationsweremonitored forthreeyearsandrangedfrom 6822 ‐7666,64 ‐101,271 ‐406, and4.1 ‐6.0µgL -1 ,respectively. Thechlorideconcentrations forthisperiodwereinthe 89 ‐127mgL -1 range.Thedata identifysomeelementanomalies atleasttwohourspriortoa majorearthquakeandforsome timeafterwards.Theseanomalies arecharacterizedbydecreasesup to20%inB,Ba,Cl,andGecon centrationsandcanbeattributed tostress-/strain-inducedpressure changesinthesubsurfacewater systems.Fromthisstudy,itcan besuggestedthatthermalsprings inafaultlineareaareidealsites formonitoringprecursorsto earthquakes.

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