Isotopes of the Earth’s Hydrosphere / Изотопы в Земной гидросфере

The results of experimental and theoretical studies of isotopic composition of natural waters of the Earth’s hydrosphere are analyzed and summarized in this book. These studies represent a modern direction of science of the natural waters actively developed in hydrology, hydrogeology, oceanography, and climatology starting from the middle of last century. The book is a further development and improvement of the earlier published author’s works: Cosmogenic Isotopes of the Hydrosphere, Nauka, Moscow, 1984; Isotopy of the Hydrosphere, Nauka, Moscow, 1983; Environmental Isotopes in the Hydrosphere, Nedra, Moscow, 1975 and Environmental Isotopes in the Hydrosphere, Wiley, Chichester–New York, 1982.
More than 25 years have passed since the above books were published. During that period, together with everyday application of isotopic content of water for solution of different problems in hydrology, new original fields of use of isotope tracers for scientific and practical purposes have appeared. Many of such applications found a place in this work, but the fundamentals of methods and interpretation of isotope studies, which were developed mainly in the second part of last century, were preserved in the book together with references of their authors. The successful development of the isotope methods and practical application for natural water studies was in many respects obliged to the international cooperation of scientists from different countries. Its start was initiated by UNESCO in implementation of the International Hydrological Decade (1965–I974) Program which is continued until now. The other important form of cooperation was the International program on collection and publication of experimental data about concentration of the tritium, deuterium, and oxygen isotopes in precipitation, sampling of which was organized on the global network of the IAEA/WMO and on the national hydrometeorological stations. This program was initiated and headed by Isotope Hydrology Section of the IAEA which up to now continues this work including processing and publication of the data and organizing regular symposia and advisory group meetings and publication of proceedings <...>

Isotope Geochemistry of Natural Waters

Isotopic Composition of Ocean Water

Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Moisture

Isotopic Composition of Surface Continental Waters

Isotopic Composition of Water in the Unsaturated and Saturated Zones

Isotopic Composition of Formation Waters

Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Sedimentary Rocks of Marine Genesis and Implications for Paleothermometry

Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Groundwater in Volcanic Regions

Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Minerals of Magmatic and Metamorphic Rocks and Fluid Inclusions

Other Stable Isotopes in the Hydrosphere

Cosmogenic Radioisotopes

Origin and Production of Cosmogenic Radioisotopes

Tritium in Natural Waters

Radiocarbon in Natural Waters

The Other Cosmogenic Isotopes in Natural Waters

Radiogenic Isotopes

Production and Distribution of Radiogenic Isotopes

Dating of Surface Water, Groundwater, and Sediments

Applications to the Problems of Dynamics of Natural Waters

Paleohydrology of the Aral-Caspian Basin

The Nature and Mechanism of the Earth Shell Separation and Origin of Hydrosphere