Research Article

An Evaluation of the Long-Term Stagnancy of Porewater in the Neogene Sedimentary Rocks in Northern Japan

Table 1

Sampling points (depth) investigated in this study and He and Ne concentrations, 3He/4He, 36Cl, δD and δ18O, and Cl concentrations at the sampling points.

Name of boreholeSampling points at length of bore hole (m)Sampling points at (m)FormationHe concentrationHe concentration (corrected)3He/4He
×10−7
Ne concentration36Cl/Cl
(×10−15)
δD
δ18O
Cl ion concentration
(mg/L)
Remarks
×10−6×10−6×10−7

HDB-977.5−77.5W1.231.232.741.78NM−72−10.1180
226.2−226.2W2.596.252.040.744.3 ± 2.1−330.25000
267.5−267.5W2.245.771.930.6910.2 ± 2.1−231.86100
367.5−367.5W1.355.121.830.478.1 ± 2.3−212.45900
460.2−460.2W0.110.144.861.457.4 ± 1.4−212.36200

HDB-10145.5134.5K2.602.512.954.764.4 ± 2.0−54−4.62800
237.542.6K2.902.803.094.974.6 ± 2.0−50−3.93700
338.5−58.5W1.811.693.205.90NM−69−8.6750
454.0−174.0W11.22-3.4830.927.2 ± 1.5−41−1.26900Noble gas data was Eliminated (high Ne concentration)
502.0−222.0W4.855.433.821.598.6 ± 1.4−42−2.55600

HDB-1170.4389.6K0.902.351.530.680.0 ± 2.2−62−6.42000
181.2278.8K0.741.181.671.122.7 ± 2.1−300.88100
288.5171.5K1.231.801.571.221.1 ± 2.1−262.29700
377.083.0K1.93-2.5115.55NM−340.86700Noble gas data was Eliminated (high Ne concentration)
560.0−100.0W1.383.191.460.775.8 ± 1.4−222.69400
686.1−226.1W15.9121.791.631.308.5 ± 1.6−193.19800
761.0−301.0W0.300.292.652.026.7 ± 1.8−222.98800Bubble was observed on surface
805.1−345.1W0.570.952.011.078.9 ± 2.1−232.38600Bubble was observed on surface
856.3−396.3W0.972.341.610.746.8 ± 1.7−232.48900Bubble was observed on surface
905.4−445.4W1.582.191.671.299.9 ± 5.1−242.08900Bubble was observed on surface
956.3−496.3W0.433.051.800.256.8 ± 1.6−232.59700Bubble was observed on surface
1007.5−547.5W0.570.861.811.187.3 ± 2.4−222.89400Bubble was observed on surface

HCD-2303.0−73.0W4.819.577.260.8911.4 ± 2.9−45−3.82500
343.0−101.9W5.265.147.565.8211.0 ± 3.3−47−4.61500
392.0−136.4W7.4213.827.750.9615.9 ± 4.3−28−0.25100
439.0−171.3W5.6911.207.230.907.5 ± 4.4−211.68000
509.0−220.1W9.67-8.25107.896.3 ± 2.9−142.98400Noble gas data was Eliminated (high Ne concentration)
596.7−268.5W4.658.366.940.998.9 ± 2.9−240.97300
655.0−297.6W9.3914.356.551.17NM−191.88100
667.0−303.3W14.8614.845.982.36NMNMNMNM
675.0−306.9W13.9413.805.686.60NMNMNMNM
690.0−313.6W20.1420.125.542.38NM−162.59500
697.1−316.7W4.836.655.691.29NMNMNMNM
704.0−318.0W12.4826.205.490.8515.8 ± 5.0−172.58800

Depth is expressed in the same manner as Figure 4; Formations K and W: the Koetoi and Wakkanai Formations, respectively.