Vol. 34 (2024)
Artículos de Investigación

Stable isotopes (D, 18O) of local meteoric water lines and their relationship with thermal-groundwater in the Cuenca Alta del Río Laja basin, Guanajuato, Mexico

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  • Lucía Magali Ramírez-González,
  • María Jesús Puy-Aquiza,
  • Yanmei Li
Lucía Magali Ramírez-González
Universidad de Guanajuato
María Jesús Puy-Aquiza
Universidad de Guanajuato
Yanmei Li
Universidad de Guanajuato
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2024.4156

Published 2024-10-16

How to Cite

Ramírez-González, L. M., Puy-Aquiza, M. J. ., & Li, Y. . (2024). Stable isotopes (D, 18O) of local meteoric water lines and their relationship with thermal-groundwater in the Cuenca Alta del Río Laja basin, Guanajuato, Mexico. Acta Universitaria, 34, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2024.4156

Abstract

The isotopic composition (d18O and dD) of precipitation was analyzed in three stations in the central part of the Cuenca Alta del Río Laja basin during the years 2022 and 2023. Local precipitation follows the regressions: precipitation 2022 dD = 7.349 d18O + 0.693 and precipitation 2023 dD = 4.72 d18O – 7.175. The 2022 local meteoric water line is congruent with the global, the Mexican, and the basin of Mexico meteoric water lines. The 2023 local meteoric water line shows the El Niño signature with more positive delta values. The isotopic compositions of the thermal-groundwater suggest a meteoric origin without a significant d18O enrichment.

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