Isotope hydrology : a study of the water cycle / Joel R. Gat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gat, Joel, 1926-

Series:

Series on environmental science and management ; 6.

Series on environmental science and management ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrologic cycle.

Stable isotopes.

Radioisotopes in hydrology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within the discipline of environmental sciences, the stable-isotope methodology is being increasingly used, especially in the study of the water cycle and of paleo-climatology. This book reviews the natural variability of stable isotopes in the hydrosphere, describing the physico-chemical basis of isotope fractionalism, 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. It focuses on the processes at the surface-atmosphere and land-biosphere-atmosphere interfaces, since these are the sites

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612760051

9781282760059

128276005X

9781848164741

1848164742

OCLC:

670430501