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Table 5 Radium activities and activity ratios in brine collected from GB2 well (measurement campaign 2016/2017)

From: Water–rock interactions in the Bruchsal geothermal system by U–Th series radionuclides

Sample no.

Sampling date

226Ra

228Ra

224Ra

223Ra

228Ra/226Ra

224Ra/228Ra

223Ra/226Ra

GB2-p1z1-001

13.10.2016

28.8 ± 2.4

15.2 ± 0.8

10.6 ± 0.6

0.41 ± 0.25

0.53 ± 0.07

0.70 ± 0.08

0.01 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-002

18.10.2016

27.6 ± 2.6

14.9 ± 0.8

10.0 ± 0.4

0.37 ± 0.22

0.54 ± 0.08

0.67 ± 0.06

0.01 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-003

24.10.2016

28.1 ± 2.4

15.5 ± 0.8

10.4 ± 0.4

0.48 ± 0.29

0.55 ± 0.08

0.67 ± 0.06

0.02 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-004

28.10.2016

29.3 ± 2.8

16.4 ± 0.9

11.5 ± 0.6

0.53 ± 0.32

0.56 ± 0.08

0.70 ± 0.08

0.02 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-005

04.11.2016

27.2 ± 2.2

16.1 ± 0.8

9.0 ± 2.0

0.74 ± 0.44

0.59 ± 0.08

0.56 ± .15

0.03 ± 0.02

GB2-p1z1-006

16.11.2016

28.0 ± 2.4

15.3 ± 0.8

10.4 ± 0.6

0.51 ± 0.31

0.55 ± 0.08

0.68 ± 0.07

0.02 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-007

17.01.2017

29.5 ± 2.4

15.5 ± 0.8

10.1 ± 0.8

0.61 ± 0.37

0.53 ± 0.07

0.65 ± 0.09

0.02 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-008

04.04.2017

30.3 ± 2.2

16.0 ± 0.7

10.3 ± 0.4

0.32 ± 0.19

0.53 ± 0.06

0.64 ± 0.05

0.01 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-009

11.04.2017

32.0 ± 2.4

16.7 ± 0.9

9.7 ± 1.0

0.36 ± 0.22

0.52 ± 0.07

0.58 ± 0.09

0.01 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-010

27.04.2017

29.9 ± 2.4

16.0 ± 0.8

10.6 ± 0.6

0.44 ± 0.26

0.54 ± 0.07

0.66 ± 0.07

0.02 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-011

02.05.2017

27.8 ± 2.4

16.4 ± 0.8

10.7 ± 0.4

0.50 ± 0.30

0.59 ± 0.08

0.65 ± 0.06

0.02 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-012

08.05.2017

28.9 ± 2.4

16.2 ± 0.8

11.1 ± 0.4

0.43 ± 0.26

0.56 ± 0.07

0.69 ± 0.06

0.02 ± 0.01

GB2-p1z1-013

15.05.2017

30.0 ± 2.4

16.1 ± 0.8

10.1 ± 0.4

0.45 ± 0.27

0.54 ± 0.07

0.63 ± 0.06

0.02 ± 0.01

  1. Measured values are reported in Bq kg−1. The quoted errors are 2σ-deviations derived from counting statistics