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Table 1 Carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen isotopic compositions as well as CO2, 14C, and tritium concentrations of low mineralized Muschelkalk fluids (data compilation from: Ufrecht et al. 2020 and references therein, Stober 2014)

From: The Muschelkalk aquifer of the Molasse basin in SW-Germany: implications on the origin and development of highly saline lithium-rich brines in calcareous hydrothermal reservoirs

Well

TDS

CO2

3H

δ18O

δD

14CDIC

δ13CDIC

Mean residence time

 

mg kg−1

g kg−1

TU

‰ V-SMOW

‰ V-SMOW

pmC

‰ V-PDB

 

Fronhofen 20

62,000

  

− 3.15 ± 0.15

− 40.9 ± 1.5

   

Pfullendorf GT

39,000

  

− 6.64 ± 0.15

− 58.2 ± 1.5

   

Neu-Ulm (cr–mo)

8226

0.3

 < 0.6

− 9.71 ± 0.15

− 67.4 ± 1.5

1.2

–

 

Tuttlingen GB1 (momm)

1107

 < 0.1

 < 0.6 (1998)

− 10.2 ± 0.15

− 72.3 ± 1.5

1.8 ± 0.6

–

10000–20000 years

Benken

2395

–

 < 0.6 (1999)

− 12.3 ± 0.15

− 88.1 ± 1.5

2.3 ± 0.6

–

12000–14000 years&

Siblingen

1110

 < 0.1

1.2 (1988)

− 10.0 ± 0.15

− 72.2 ± 1.5

5.7 ± 0.3

–

-*-

  1. Please note, that for some isotope data no analytical uncertainties have been reported, which are assumed to be in the same order than the reported uncertainties
  2. cr–mo, well taps crystalline basement (cr) and Upper Muschelkalk (mo); TDS, total dissolved solids; DIC, dissolved inorganic carbon; pmC, percent modern carbon.
  3. 1Pleistocene cold period
  4. 2Estimates from different dating methods do not provide conclusive results