Hello;

Juvenile water is produced final of metamorphism, diagenesis, vocanism etc. processes. On the other hand, fossil water is mostly sourced atmospheric water.

Hello! The response to your query may be found by research done by Dr. Donald E. WHITE, who authored the following article (as well as many others) on the subject:

Magmatic, Connate, and Metamorphic Waters (D. E. WHITE, 1957)

Geological Society of America Bulletin - GEOL SOC AMER BULL 01/1957; 68(12). DOI:10.1130/0016-7606(1957)68[1659:MCAMW]2.0.CO;2

http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/68/12/1659.short

As Dr. WHITE is also currently available on ResearchGate, perhaps you might contact him directly to request a copy of his work at the following link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240669957_MAGMATIC_CONNATE_AND_METAMORPHIC_WATERS

Article Magmatic, connate, and metamorphic waters

you mean chemical distinction between Connate and Juvaline water. actually the water quality can be very variable.

Hello;

Juvenile water is produced final of metamorphism, diagenesis, vocanism etc. processes. On the other hand, fossil water is mostly sourced atmospheric water.

Is it known, whether the juvenile and fossil waters have different impacts on plant behavior when absorbed and normally participated in biological processes?

Dear Jan Cermak,

the impacts of juvenile and fossil waters on plant behaviour can differ drastically. In general, the chemical composition of the waters on the one hand and the ecological and genetical pre-conditioning of plants on the other hands are of major importance. There is no simple answer. To learn about some of the influences of different waters plus the influence of CO2 on plants behaviour, you might check the recent results published in the EU FP7 project RISCS, see http://www.riscs-co2.eu/.

To make it short, fossil water has mainly an atmospheric origin, may constitute very important aquifers, ex, the North African Sahara and is no more fed by rainfall, due to either geologic and/or climate change (severe and sustainable drought). I do agree with dear Atilla for the metamorphic origin of the Juvenile water and it hardly, if never represents an economic interest due to the reduced available volumes and/or the great depth of the accumulation...

The simple answer is 'Fossil water is part of the hydrosphere and entered in the ground long time ago in to the earth strata" where as the "Juvenile water is water of magmatic or cosmic origin which is not a part of the hydrosphere"

Another type of water that can be encountered, although in limited amount, is organic water first defined bySHEPPARD & CHAREF (1986) CRAcd Sci Paris Paris, 302, serie II, 19, 1189-1192.

C. Ramboz

Dear Mr. C. Hamilton

Although I fully agree with your recommendation for Mr. Masoud Saatsaz to read Dr. Donald E. WHITE's landmark paper vintage 1957, unfortunately - your second recommendation - to contact Dr. Donald E. WHITE - would be a bit difficult, as that great teacher for many of us in 1960' and 70' is deceased for many years. Nevertheless, your first recommendation is an excellent one.

Thank you for all your valuable explanations. I work with water in (mostly large) trees, incluting its special forms (such as tensile water sensu Tributsch / therefore I asked you about these other forms), and its measurable changes under field conditions (incl. bilateral movement of water when supplied by roots from soil or by leaves from atmosphere). We are happy with its capability to integrate behavior of different tree parts and trying to estimate tree health state and survival based on this knowledge. Jan

Fossil water is associated with meteoric water origin and in contact with plant origin.Enriched in hydrocarbons. On genesis point of view aquifer is in shallow depths. Whereas juvenile water is very old, metamorphic origin. deep circulation, may have various dissolved trace elements. A lots hot springs have juvenile origin.For detailed study, go through, publications of Donal E White or Ellish and Mahon.

A way to decide if a water is new or old is to measure its tritium content. Newly produced water in the atmosphere contains tritium in 5-10 TU (1 TU= tritium unit = 0.118 Bq/L) while water from atmospheric origin that remains for long time in aquifers has much lower tritium due to decay (Half life is 13.2 years).