Profiles of chloride and stable isotopes in pore-water obtained from a 2000 m-deep borehole through the Mesozoic sedimentary series in the eastern Paris Basin

Water stable isotopes and chloride profiles in pore-water through more than 800 m of sediments were obtained from a 2000 m-deep borehole (EST 433) drilled by Andra in the eastern Paris Basin. Vapour exchange method and aqueous leaching were used to obtain the stable isotope and chloride concentrations of pore-water from 24 rock samples. Petrophysical measurements included water contents, grain densities and porosities of the studied formations. Pore-water and some groundwater samples collected during the drilling are mainly of meteoric origin: they plot near the Global Meteoric Water Line, distributed between heavy-isotope depleted Oxfordian groundwater and enriched Triassic groundwater, in good agreement with previous data. The δ2H and δ18O values describe curved profiles in the Callovo-Oxfordian formation, and show an increase with depth below this formation (Dogger and Liassic). Similar trends were observed for the chloride concentrations, except in the Liassic formation where they are more or less constant. The low chloride concentrations in the basal Jurassic layers indicate that the source of salinity to the Dogger aquifer is likely the middle Liassic formation and not the Triassic salt as previously suggested. A preliminary modelling exercise showed that currently available diffusion parameters (diffusion coefficients and accessible porosities) might be used to properly simulate these exchanges for deuterium. This is not the case for chloride, perhaps because the used values for anion accessible porosity were not relevant and/or the applied modelling conditions were unsuitable.

• Water stable-isotope and chloride profiles in pore-water through 800 m of sediments.
• Pore-water and groundwater are mainly of meteoric origin.
• Natural tracers describe curved profiles in the Callovo-Oxfordian formation.
• They show an increase with depth below this formation.
• Available diffusion parameters might be used to properly model the deuterium profile.