From July 1964 to July 1965 the author has investigated the chemical composition of the Ono as a typical river which flows Aso welded tuff area, and found out some relations between the chemical composition of the waters and the geological features of its basins.
Results obtained are as follows.
(1) High content of SiO
2 is one of the characteristics of the Ono river. In drainage from Aso welded tuff, SiO
2 content is extremely high. SiO
2 content in Takeda springs is 73.5 ppm and 46.4% to the salinity, and in the river waters near Takeda-City it is 53.6ppm and 43.4% on an average. And HCO
3 content is also high. In Takeda springs its content is 80.2ppm and 25.4% as CO
3 and in the river waters near Takeda-City it is 60.6ppm and 24.5% respectively. In Aso welded tuff area, SiO
2 content is in direct proportion to HCO
3 content. On the other hand, there is no relation between the content of these two components in the river waters which flow through sedimentary rock area as in the Banjo system. The river waters of the Banjo from sedimentary rocks with limestone area have 12.5ppm of SiO
2 content and 19.5% to the salinity. And the other waters of the Banjo have 13-24ppm and 26-30%. These values are much smaller than those of Aso welded tuff area.
(2) Regarding the HCO
3/SiO
2 mole ratio, the ratios in the waters in Aso welded tuff area are 1.1-1.3, and in sedimentary rock area they are 2.0-2.5 respectively.
(3) The SiO
2/ΣK equivalent ratio is larger than 1.4 in the waters in Aso welded tuff area, and in sedimentary rock area the value is smaller than 0.8 (ΣK represents the sum of Na, K, Ca and Mg).
(4) The Mg/Ca equivalent ratio in river waters in Aso welded tuff area is larger than 0.45 and that in sedimentary rock area is smaller than 0.40.
(5) In Aso welded tuff area, Na/K equivalent ratio is 3.0 in Takeda springs and 3.4 in the river waters near Takeda-City. Thesa values are smaller than the average value of the waters in Kyushu in which the value is 8.1. In Aso welded tuff area, the waters have constant value of (Na-Cl)/K ratio and this value is 2.3. By comparing this value with that of Aso welded tuff (Na/K=1.9), it can be considered that the seperation of potassium from the waters is smaller than in other districts.
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