Chemical and Isotopic Groundwater Hydrology, Third Edition (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment) [3rd ed.] 0824747046, 9780824747046, 9780824757038

This updated and expanded edition provides a thorough understanding of the measurable properties of groundwater systems

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Table of contents :
PREFACE......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION—CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC ASPECTS OF HYDROLOGY......Page 18
Part I PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS......Page 29
BASIC HYDROLOGICAL CONCEPTS......Page 30
GEOLOGICAL DATA......Page 67
PHYSICAL PARAMETERS......Page 83
PART II CHEMICAL TOOLS OF GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY......Page 113
ELEMENTS, ISOTOPES, IONS, UNITS, AND ERRORS......Page 114
CHEMICAL PARAMETERS: DATA PROCESSING......Page 131
PLANNING HYDROCHEMICAL STUDIES......Page 173
CHEMICAL PARAMETERS: FIELD WORK......Page 187
PART III ISOTOPIC TOOLS OF GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY: WATER IDENTIFICATION AND DATING......Page 197
STABLE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES......Page 198
TRITIUM DATING......Page 227
RADIOCARBON DATING......Page 248
CHLORINE-36 DATING......Page 288
THE NOBLE GASES......Page 304
HELIUM-4 AND ARGON-40 LONG RANGE DATING......Page 329
PALEOCLIMATE, PALEOHYDROLOGY, AND GROUNDWATER DATING INTERRELATIONS......Page 345
PART IV MAN AND WATER......Page 356
DETECTING POLLUTION SOURCES......Page 357
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF GROUNDWATER—URBAN AND STATEWIDE MANAGEMENT......Page 395
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, MONITORING, DATA BANKS, AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES......Page 409
HYDROCHEMISTS’ REPORTS......Page 428
ANSWERS TO EXERCISE QUESTIONS......Page 437
REFERENCES......Page 455
INDEX......Page 468

Chemical and Isotopic Groundwater Hydrology, Third Edition (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment) [3rd ed.]
 0824747046, 9780824747046, 9780824757038

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