Table 1 Chemical parameters of the two brines (TF1 and TF2). The mean (µ) concentration values, standard deviation and p-values are reported. Significantly different p-value are in bold whereas not significant values are abbreviated with n.s.

  NO₃⁻ (g L⁻¹)

<0.004

<0.004

  PO₄³⁻ (g L⁻¹)

<0.002

<0.002

  SO₄²⁻ (g L⁻¹)

10.6 (±1.2)

10.9 (±1.6)

n.s.

  Total Organic Carbon (mg L⁻¹)

82.0 (±0.1)

102.5 (±0.1)

<0.001

  Total Inorganic Carbon (mg L⁻¹)

628.3 (±2.7)

674.8 (±3.2)

<0.001

  Li (mg L⁻¹)

1.17 (±0.06)

1.77 (±0.9)

n.s.

  Mg (g L⁻¹)

2.03 (±0.10)

2.80 (±0.15)

<0.01

  Al (mg L⁻¹)

17 ± 2

<5

  K (g L⁻¹)

0.54 (±0.03)

0.85 (±0.05)

<0.01

  Ca (g L⁻¹)

0.81 (±0.04)

0.77 (±0.04)

<0.001

  Ti (mg L⁻¹)

263 (±13)

118 (±7)

<0.01

  V (mg L⁻¹)

1.36 (±0.14)

2.89 (±0.30)

<0.05

  Cr (mg L⁻¹)

0.39 (±0.08)

0.23 (±0.05)

<0.01

  Mn (mg L⁻¹)

1.58 (±0.23)

2.05 (±0.32)

n.s

  Fe (mg L⁻¹)

29.7 (±6.0)

5.7 (±1.1)

<0.05

  Cu (mg L⁻¹)

7.3 (±1.5)

<5

  Zn (mg L⁻¹)

17.7 (±3.6)

<5

  Sr (mg L⁻¹)

5.7 (±0.8)

7.8 (±1.0)

<0.01

  I (mg L⁻¹)

1.2 (±0.2)

2.0 (±0.3)

<0.01

  Ba (mg L⁻¹)

1.4 (±0.3)

0.8 (±0.2)

<0.01

  U (µg L⁻¹)

7 (±1)

6 (±1)

n.s