Biogeochemical characteristics of Kuan-Tzu-Ling, Chung-Lun and Bao-Lai hot springs in southern Taiwan
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Article Title | Biogeochemical characteristics of Kuan-Tzu-Ling, Chung-Lun and Bao-Lai hot springs in southern Taiwan |
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ERA Journal ID | 36368 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Maity, Jyoti Prakash (Author), Liu, Chia-Chuan (Author), Nath, Bibhash (Author), Bundschuh, Jochen (Author), Kar, Sandeep (Author), Jean, Jiin-Shuh (Author), Bhattacharya, Prosun (Author), Liu, Jiann-Hong (Author), Alta, Shasti B. (Author) and Chen, Chien-Yen (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A: Toxic Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering |
Journal Citation | 46 (11), pp. 1207-1217 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1093-4529 |
1532-4117 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10934529.2011.598788 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10934529.2011.598788 |
Abstract | Hot springs are the important natural sources of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. Kuan-Tzu-Ling (KTL), Chung-Lun (CL) and Bao-Lai (BL) are well-known hot springs in southern Taiwan. Fluid and mud (sediments) samples were collected from the eruption points of three hot springs for detailed biogeochemical characterization. The fluid sample displays relatively high concentrations of Na+ and Cl− compared with K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, NO2 −, and SO4 2−, suggesting a possible marine origin. The concentrations of Fe, Cr, Mn, Ni, V and Zn were significantly higher in the mud sediments compared with fluids, whereas high concentrations of As, Ba, Cu, Se, Sr and Rb were observed in the fluids. This suggests that electronegative elements were released during sediment-water interactions. High As concentration in the fluids was observed to be associated with low redox (Eh) conditions. The FTIR spectra of the humic acid fractions of the sediments showed the presence of possible functional groups of secondary amines, ureas, urethanesm (amide), and silicon. The sulfate-reducing deltaproteobacterium 99% similar to Desulfovibrio psychrotolerans (GU329907) were rich in the CL hot spring while mesophilic, proteolytic, thiosulfate- and sulfur-reducing bacterium that 99% similar to Clostridium sulfidigenes (GU329908) were rich in the BL hot spring. |
Keywords | arsenic geochemistry, biogeochemistry, hot springs, Taiwan |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 370302. Inorganic geochemistry |
410402. Environmental assessment and monitoring | |
410403. Environmental education and extension | |
410406. Natural resource management | |
410404. Environmental management | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan |
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan | |
University of Sydney | |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2920/biogeochemical-characteristics-of-kuan-tzu-ling-chung-lun-and-bao-lai-hot-springs-in-southern-taiwan
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