Overview

Within the discipline of environmental sciences, the stable-isotope methodology is being increasingly used, especially in the study of the water cycle and of paleo-climatology. This book reviews the natural variability of stable isotopes in the hydrosphere, describing the physico-chemical basis of isotope fractionalism, and applying this knowledge to natural waters as they move through the hydrologic cycle from the ocean to the atmosphere, the biosphere and the lithosphere. It focuses on the processes at the surface-atmosphere and land-biosphere-atmosphere interfaces, since these are the sites of major changes in isotope composition. In response to the increasing awareness of our changing climate, a discussion on the global view of the changing water cycle, in the past and future, concludes up the presentation.

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Author:   Joel R Gat (Weizmann Inst Of Sci, Israel)
Publisher:   Imperial College Press
Imprint:   Imperial College Press
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781860940354

ISBN 10:   1860940358
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   11 January 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The Hydrosphere - An Overview; The Isotopes of Hydrogen and Oxygen; Isotope Fractionation; Models of Isoptopic Change in the Water Cycle; The Ocean System and the Marine Atmosphere; Clouds and Precipitation; Snow and Snowmelt Processes; The Land-Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface; Surface Waters; Water in Soils and Plants; Saline Waters; Sub-Surface Waters; The Continental Scale Water Balance and Its Isotopic Signature; Isotopes and Climate Change.

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