Taylor and Francis Mook, W: Introduction to Isotope Hydrology

After the more or less theoretical introduction, the elements of the water cycle are treated successively: precipitation: globally, regionally and locally; different forms of surface water: rivers, rivulets and small streams, lakes and stagnant waters, estuaries and the sea; groundwater: infiltration and groundwater flow. The book avoids complicated case studies. These have been given in a variety of existing handbooks. It contains three appendices, dealing with: water sample treatment in the field and in the laboratory; measurement techniques for stable and radioactive isotopes; the inorganic carbon chemistry of water, needed for understanding the behaviour of the carbon isotopes. The book is intended for students in the Earth Sciences, especially in Hydrology; trainees from developing countries; laboratory technicians and assistants; engineers involved in (geo)hydrological fieldwork and anyone who starts his work in natural abundances of stable or radioactive isotopes.