Isotope Hydrology: A Study Of The Water Cycle
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Isotope Hydrology: A Study Of The Water Cycle

A Study of the Water Cycle

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Isotope Hydrology: A Study Of The Water Cycle

A Study of the Water Cycle

About this book

Within the realm of the newly evolving discipline of environmental sciences, the stable-isotope methodology is being used to an ever-increasing extent, especially in the study of the water cycle and of paleo-climatology. This book introduces the rules of the game, by reviewing the natural variability of stable isotopes in the hydrosphere, describing the physico-chemical basis of isotope fractionation, and applying this knowledge to natural waters as they move through the hydrologic cycle from the ocean to the atmosphere, the biosphere and the lithosphere. There is a special focus on the processes at the surface-atmosphere and land-biosphere-atmosphere interfaces, since these are the sites of major changes in isotope composition. In response to the increasing awareness of our changing climate, a discussion on the global view of the changing water cycle, in the past and future, winds up the presentation.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. 1. The Hydrosphere — An Overview
  3. 2. The Isotopes of Hydrogen and Oxygen
  4. 3. Isotope Fractionation
  5. 4. Models of Isotopic Change in the Water Cycle
  6. 5. The Ocean System and the Marine Atmosphere
  7. 6. Clouds and Precipitation
  8. 7. Snow and Snowmelt Processes
  9. 8. The Land-Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface
  10. 9. Surface Waters
  11. 10. Water in Soils and Plants
  12. 11. Saline Waters
  13. 12. Sub–Surface Waters
  14. 13. The Continental Scale Water Balance and Its Isotopic Signature
  15. 14. Isotopes and Climate Change
  16. References
  17. Appendix: Tritium in the Water Cycle
  18. Index