Temperature-dependent Li isotope ratios in Appalachian Plateau and Gulf Coast Sedimentary Basin saline water

• Published in: Geofluids Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 419 - 429
• Main Authors: Macpherson, G. L., Capo, R. C., Stewart, B. W., Phan, T. T., Schroeder, K., Hammack, R. W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2014; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Appalachian Plateau; diagenesis; fluid transport; formation water; Gulf Coast Sedimentary Basin; lithium; produced water; saline water; stable lithium isotope ratios; water-rock reaction; USA, Pennsylvania; USA, Appalachian Plateau; ASW, USA, Gulf Coast

Lithium (Li) concentrations of produced water from unconventional (horizontally drilled and hydraulically fractured shale) and conventional gas wells in Devonian reservoirs in the Appalachian Plateau region of western Pennsylvania range from 0.6 to 17 mmol kg−1, and Li isotope ratios, expressed as i...