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GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 64, Issue 4, Pages 579-585Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00300-2
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We have measured the boron isotope composition and boron and chloride concentrations of 27 Icelandic geothermal fluids from both high- and low-temperature systems. The delta(11)B values range from -6.7 parts per thousand in the Krafla system, to +25.0 parts per thousand in a warm spring from the Southern Lowlands. In addition, we have also determined the delta(11)B values of basaltic glass from Nesjavellir (-5.3 +/- 1.4 parts per thousand) and travertine from Snaefellsnes (-22 +/- 0.5 parts per thousand). The B isotope and Cl/B systematics of the high-temperature systems are dominated by the composition of the local basalts. The lower temperature systems show evidence for mixing with B and Cl of a marine origin, together with some uptake of B into secondary mineral phases. The data from the Snaefellsnes geothermal system indicate that the fluids have undergone interaction with basalts that have undergone significant low-temperature alteration by seawater. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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