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Overview
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 the recharge, history, and contamination of groundwater.
"...focuses entirely on this critical area of hydrogeology & explains the topic in terms the non-specialist can under- stand...covers the theoretical basis of the method & how to apply them and includes case studies and problem sets."
Synopsis
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 the recharge, history, and contamination of groundwater.
Booknews
Presents essential material on environmental isotopes in hydrogeology in plain language for nonspecialists. Explains the theoretical basis of methods for measuring naturally occurring nuclides in water, demonstrates how to apply them, and illustrates material with case studies and problems. Coverage includes tracing the hydrogeological and carbon cycles, groundwater quality, dating groundwaters, water- rock interaction, and methods for field sampling. Includes compilation tables of equilibrium isotope fractionation factors. A Web site offers problem solutions and other supporting material. For advanced undergraduate and graduate students with previous experience in aqueous geochemistry, as well as professionals in environmental engineering, hydrogeology, and nuclear science. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.