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Gas Geochemistry of Warm Springs in Tan-Lu Fault Belt

LIU De-liang; TAO Shi-zhen; ZHANG Chao-ming   

  1. 1. Department of Earth and Space Sciences, China University of Science and Technology, Hefei 230026; 2. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, CNPC, Beijing 100083; 3. Research Center for Earthquake Forecast, Anhui Earthquake Bureau, Hefei 230031, China
  • Received:2001-03-20 Revised:2001-03-20 Online:2001-03-20 Published:2001-03-20

Abstract: The gas compositions and isotope compositions of warm springs in fault structure zones directly indicate structure activity and hydrogeochemical characteristics in the fault zones. N2 is the major gas component(90% or so) of warm springs in Tan-Lu fault belt. There is an obvious difference in δ13C CO2 for different sections of the fault zone. Theδ13C CO2 values in northern section are –4.3‰ ~7.8‰ ,and the CO2 is inorganic in origin,produced by petrochemical evolution of the rocks. Theδ13C CO2 values in central and southern sections are lower than -10‰ ,and the CO2 is organogenic. 40Ar/36Ar vary from 295 to 363,in which the lower ratios stem from atmosphere. and the higher ratios from the decay of K in the rocks of the earth crust. This paper not only studies the gas compositions of warm springs in different sections of Tan-Lu fault belt and their origin,but also is important in revealing the tectono-magmatic activity and hydrogeochemical characteristics of the fault belt.