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Isotopic compositions of CH4 and CO2 surface and subsurface gases and groundwater from an urban solid waste disposal site from Gualeguaychú city (Argentina) were measured to detect origin, depth distribution, migration lateral, CH4 oxidation, and dissolution in groundwater. The highest CH4 concentrations (60–88 %) with δ13C-CH4 (between −60 and −45 ‰) and δ2H-CH4 (between −350 and −260 ‰) were attributed to CH4 originated by microbial sources, v. gr. acetate fermentation. The δ13C-CO2 related to this CH4 (between −15 and −5.9 ‰) were compatible with this process. Also, the increase of DIC associated to an increase in δ13C-DIC values (−12.4, −6.4, −5.8, −1.5, +0.1 and +4 ‰) indicated the transport of dissolved gases (from methanogenesis) in the groundwater flow system. High excess deuterium in 3 piezometers suggests that there were hydrogen isotope exchange between CH4 and water too. Evidences for CH4 oxidation were decrease in CH4 concentrations, shift in C and H isotope ratios of CH4 to more enriched in the remaining CH4 (in both, δ13C-CH4 >−50 ‰ and δ2H >−260 ‰) and depletion in 13C of the associated CO2 (<−20 ‰). Since surface CH4 and CO2 concentrations over the covering layer were very low, and the major CH4 concentrations were found between 60m and 90 cm depth, it is very probable USW has been compacted with low permeability materials (e.g., clay) avoiding large emissions to the atmosphere and creating horizontal barriers within the waste that enable lateral gas migration. Horizontally, it can be seen that these gases migrated outside the disposal site following the topography and that CH4 disappeared leading to anomalous concentrations of CO2 whose values are greater than those produced by normal soil respiration. The isotopic value (δ13C) of this CO2 was also different from that of normal soil respiration (~−25 ‰) and reflected effects that generated isotopic depletion by diffusion (~−25 to −32 ‰). The analysis of C isotopes as the main tracer, together H isotopes, has allowed the effective detection of the origin and those secondary processes. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Carbon stable isotopes as indicators of the origin and evolution of CO2 and CH4 in urban solid waste disposal sites and nearby areas
Autor:Sanci, R.; Panarello, H.O.
Filiación:Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (Universidad Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Pabellón INGEIS, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
Palabras clave:Carbon dioxide; Carbon isotopes; Dissolved carbon; Methane; Carbon dioxide; Gas emissions; Groundwater; Groundwater flow; Isotopes; Methane; Municipal solid waste; Solid wastes; Urban growth; Carbon isotopes; Carbon stable isotopes; Depth distribution; Dissolved carbons; Groundwater flow systems; Hydrogen isotope exchange; Isotopic composition; Microbial sources; Waste disposal; carbon dioxide; carbon isotope; concentration (composition); deuterium; diffusion; dissolution; dissolved inorganic carbon; groundwater; groundwater flow; methane; oxidation; soil chemistry; soil respiration; solid waste; stable isotope; urban area; waste disposal; Argentina; Entre Rios; Gualeguaychu
Año:2016
Volumen:75
Número:4
Página de inicio:1
Página de fin:13
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4906-5
Título revista:Environmental Earth Sciences
Título revista abreviado:Environ. Earth Sci.
ISSN:18666280
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_18666280_v75_n4_p1_Sanci

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Sanci, R. & Panarello, H.O. (2016) . Carbon stable isotopes as indicators of the origin and evolution of CO2 and CH4 in urban solid waste disposal sites and nearby areas. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75(4), 1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4906-5
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Sanci, R., Panarello, H.O. "Carbon stable isotopes as indicators of the origin and evolution of CO2 and CH4 in urban solid waste disposal sites and nearby areas" . Environmental Earth Sciences 75, no. 4 (2016) : 1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4906-5
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Sanci, R., Panarello, H.O. "Carbon stable isotopes as indicators of the origin and evolution of CO2 and CH4 in urban solid waste disposal sites and nearby areas" . Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 75, no. 4, 2016, pp. 1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4906-5
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Sanci, R., Panarello, H.O. Carbon stable isotopes as indicators of the origin and evolution of CO2 and CH4 in urban solid waste disposal sites and nearby areas. Environ. Earth Sci. 2016;75(4):1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4906-5