Fluorine in surface and suprapermafrost waters in Central Yakutia
https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2022-27-2-233-245
Abstract
We studied the distribution of fluorine in fresh and slightly salty surface waters, and suprapermafrost waters in Central Yakutia. The study was based on the results of hydrochemical works carried out by employees of the Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS from 1984 to 2019. According to the sanitary requirements, the optimal concentration of fluorine in drinking water is 0.5–1.0 mg/L, with its maximum concentration 1.2–1.5 mg/L. Excessive intake of fluoride leads to disorders in the musculoskeletal, neuroendocrine and cardiovascular systems, while its deficiency leads to formation of dental caries. We used chemical analyzes of water samples from the surface streams and water bodies (479 samples), and underground waters of the vadoze zone (375 samples). The analyzes of water samples in the rivers and channel taliks showed that the average content of fluorine was no more than 0.3 mg/L, which did not reach the requirement for its optimal level for drinking water. The analyzes also showed a deficiency of fluorine in the waters of lakes and taliks under erosional and tukulan lakes. However, the fluorine content exceeded 1.5 mg/L in stagnant lakes, where more than 50 % of the cationic composition of water was sodium ion. Meanwhile fluorine concentration reached 3.2 mg/L in taliks under the stagnant thermokarst lakes. The saturation of suprapermafrost waters with fluorine can occur in the area of spring discharge under the influence of cryogenic disintegration of water-bearing rocks and metamorphization of the chemical composition of water during phase transitions. They lead to the precipitation of calcite from the solution, its pH increase, and accumulation of fluorine.
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Supporting agencies: The research was partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant number 20-05-00670). The authors are grateful to L.Yu. Boitsova and O.V. Shepeleva (PI SB RAS) for carrying out the analytical studies of water samples, Shepelev V.V. (PI SB RAS) for helpful comments.
About the Authors
S. V. Fedorova
Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
FEDOROVA, Svetlana Viktorovna, researcher
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 36 Merzlotnaya st., Yakutsk 677010
Researcher ID: V-9524-2018
N. A. Pavlova
Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PAVLOVA, Nadezhda Anatolievna, Cand. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy), leading researcher
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 36 Merzlotnaya st., Yakutsk 677010
Researcher ID: W-2163-2018
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