River water samples collected from 78 watersheds rivers along a 500-km transect across a Late Cretaceous-Tertiary andesitic volcanic arc terrane in west-central Panama provide a synoptic overview of riverine geochemistry, chemical denudation, and CO2 consumption in the tropics. D/H and 18O/16O relationships indicate that bedrock dissolution of andesitic arc crust in Panama is driven by water-rock interaction with meteoric precipitation as it passes through the critical zone, with no evidence of a geothermal or hydrothermal input. Sr-isotope relationships suggest a geochemical evolution for Panama riverine waters that involves mixing of bedrock pore water with water having 87Sr/86Sr ratios between 0.7037-0.7043 and relatively high Sr-contents with waters of low Sr content that enriched in radiogenic Sr that are diluted by infiltrating rainfall to variable extents.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2015 |
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Title | Isotopic geochemistry of Panama rivers |
DOI | 10.1016/j.proeps.2015.07.026 |
Authors | Russell S. Harmon, Gerhard Worner, Michael Pribil, Zoltan Kern, Istvan Forizs, W. Berry Lyons, Christopher B. Gardner, Steven T. Goldsmith |
Publication Type | Article |
Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Series Title | Procedia Earth and Planetary Science |
Index ID | 70188826 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
USGS Organization | Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center |