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Table 1 Major component characteristics of water in geological units of the Sedrun section (based on % meq L−1)

From: Deep hydrochemical section through the Central Alps: evolution of deep water in the continental upper crust and solute acquisition during water–rock-interaction along the Sedrun section of the Gotthard Base Tunnel

Unit

Prime

Prime

Secondary

Secondary

Major

 

Cation

Anion

Cation

Anion

Unita

S-granite-gneiss

Ca

SO4

Na

F/Cl

Aar Massif

Clavaniev zone

Na

SO4

Ca

HCO3/CO3

cover

TZM north

Na

SO4

HCO3/CO3

Tavetsch Massif

TZM south

Na

HCO3/CO3

Cl/SO4

Tavetsch Massif

Urseren-Garvera zone

Ca,Mg

HCO3/CO3

SO4

cover

Paragneiss

Na

HCO3/CO3

F/Cl/SO4

Gotthard Massif

Streifen gneiss north

Na

HCO3/CO3

Ca

F/Cl/SO4

Gotthard Massif

Paradise gneiss

Na

HCO3/CO3

Ca

F/Cl/SO4

Gotthard Massif

Streifen gneiss south

Na

HCO3/CO3

Ca

F/SO4

Gotthard Massif

Piz Fuorcla zone

Na

HCO3/CO3

F/SO4

Gotthard Massif

Streifen gneiss s.s

Na

HCO3/CO3

Ca

F/SO4

Gotthard Massif

  1. aMajor unita: Aar Massif, Gotthard Massif = Variscan or older basement rocks, predominantly gneiss and granite; Cover unit = post-Variscan (Carboniferous-Triassic) meta-sediments