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Table 3 Carbon, oxygen, sulphur and strontium isotope compositions of vein minerals

From: Fluid flow through the sedimentary cover in northern Switzerland recorded by calcite–celestite veins (Oftringen borehole, Olten)

Sample

Depth (m)

Formation

Vein material

Sr (ppm)

87Sr/86Sr

Error

2σ (abs.)

δ13C

‰ V-PDB

Error

1σ (abs.)

δ18O

‰ V-SMOW

Error

1σ (abs.)

δ34S

‰ CDT

Error

1σ (abs.)

OFT-30

409.42

Geissberg Member

Calcite

187

0.708377

0.000020

−1.39

0.06

22.57

0.06

  

OFT-32

415.72

Geissberg Member

Calcite

209

0.708654

0.000044

−0.84

0.06

21.26

0.06

  

OFT-33

427.10

Effingen Member

Calcite

551

0.708046

0.000022

1.37

0.06

23.43

0.06

  

OFT-34

443.78

Effingen Member

Calcite

243

0.707566

0.000026

1.74

0.06

17.49

0.06

  

OFT-36

496.82

Effingen Member

Calcite partially replacing celestite

7,103

0.707007

0.000020

2.60

0.06

19.69

0.06

  

Pyrite (associated with calcite)

−54.8

1.3

OFT-38

569.33

Effingen Member

Celestite

     

16.31

0.52

26.0

0.5

Celestite

477,124a

0.707373

0.000025

  

17.21

0.14

25.1

0.5

Calcite

842

0.707344

0.000020

2.40

0.06

20.96

0.06

  

OFT-39

586.73

Effingen Member

Celestite (+calcite)

477,124a

0.707396

0.000020

1.90

0.06

14.20

0.34

23.2

0.3

Pyrite

  

−34.9

0.2

Celestite

13.19

0.39

22.8

0.1

Calcite

21.81

0.06

  

OFT-40

607.59

Effingen Member

Celestite

477,124a

0.707099

0.000022

  

15.20

0.40

22.5

0.3

Celestite

     

17.55

0.69

22.8

0.5

Calcite

1,799

0.707085

0.000020

3.05

0.06

24.28

0.06

  

Calcite microcrystalline

957

0.707146

0.000020

2.91

0.06

23.96

0.06

  

Calcite microcrystalline

   

2.95

0.06

24.19

0.06

  

OFT-44

708.18

Lower Hauptrogenstein

Calcite

388

0.707499

0.000020

2.00

0.06

21.26

0.06

  
  1. aCalculated for pure celestite (SrSO4)