ABSTRACT

Groundwater is an increasingly important resource to human populations around the world, and the study and protection of groundwater is an essential part of hydrogeology - the subset of hydrology that concentrates on the subsurface. Environmental isotopes, naturally occurring nuclides in water and solutes, have become fundamental tools for tracing

chapter 1|34 pages

THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES

chapter 2|28 pages

TRACING THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE

chapter 3|16 pages

PRECIPITATION

chapter 4|32 pages

GROUNDWATER

chapter 5|26 pages

TRACING THE CARBON CYCLE

chapter 6|34 pages

GROUNDWATER QUALITY

chapter 7|26 pages

IDENTIFYING AND DATING MODERN GROUNDWATERS

chapter 8|48 pages

AGE DATING OLD GROUNDWATERS

chapter 9|22 pages

WATER - ROCK INTERACTION

chapter 10|24 pages

FIELD METHODS FOR SAMPLING