This book?covers?the distribution,?hydrochemistry and geophysics of the naturally occurring stable isotopes namely:??hydrogen,?oxygen?and radioactive tritium,?carbon and other cosmogenic and radiogenic isotopes of the uranium-thorium series, in the oceans and in?atmosphere, the earth's surface and ground water.?The use of environmental isotopes in the?three main areas of natural waters is discussed: origin, dynamics and residence time in natural reservoirs. The origin of the hydrosphere is examined in the light of isotopic, new cosmochemical and recent theoretical results.
The book will be of interest to scientists and researchers who use environmental isotopes in solving scientific and practical problems in hydrology, hydrogeology, oceanography, meteorology, hydrogeochemistry and cosmochemistry. Lecturers, students and postgraduates in these fields will also find it useful.
This book covers the distribution, hydrochemistry and geophysics of naturally occurring stable isotopes including hydrogen, oxygen and radioactive tritium, carbon and others, in the oceans and in the atmosphere, the earth's surface and ground water.
Preface
Part I Stable Isotopes
1 Introduction
2 Isotope Geochemistry of Natural Waters
2.1 Some Properties ofWaters and Solutions
2.1.1 The Notion of Activity and the Activity Coefficient
2.1.2 The Relationship between Solvent and Solute Activity
2.2 Water Vapor Pressure over theWater and Solution
2.3 Physicochemical Foundations of Isotope Separation
2.4 Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Separation at Phase Transition of Water
2.5 Relationship Between the Isotope Reaction Change Constant and the Fractionation Factor
2.6 Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Fractionation at Interaction BetweenWater and Gases and Rocks
2.7 IsotlÖ
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