About the Book
Preface
Part I Stable Isotopes
1 Introduction
2 Isotope Geochemistry of Natural Waters
2.1 Some Properties ofWaters and Solutions
2.1.1 The Notion of Activity and the Activity Coefficient
2.1.2 The Relationship between Solvent and Solute Activity
2.2 Water Vapor Pressure over theWater and Solution
2.3 Physicochemical Foundations of Isotope Separation
2.4 Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Separation at Phase Transition of Water
2.5 Relationship Between the Isotope Reaction Change Constant and the Fractionation Factor
2.6 Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Fractionation at Interaction BetweenWater and Gases and Rocks
2.7 Isotope Geothermometry 3 Isotopic Composition of OceanWater
3.1 Distribution of Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes and Water Dynamics
3.2 Effect of Evaporation and VerticalWater Exchange
3.3 Dynamics of the OceanWater
3.4 Isotopic Composition of OceanWater in the Past
4 Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Moisture
4.1 Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Fractionation in the Hydrological Cycle
4.2 Isotopic Balance in the Global Hydrologic Cycle at Evaporation and Condensation of Water
4.3 Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Water in the Past
5 Isotopic Composition of Surface Continental Waters
5.1 Isotopic Balance of the Continental Waters
5.2 Isotopic Composition of the River and Lake Water
5.3 Isotopic Composition of Water in Evaporating Basins
6 Isotopic Composition ofWater in the Unsaturated and Saturated Zones
6.1 Relationship between Surface and Ground Water
6.2 Groundwater Recharge at Present Time
6.3 Groundwater Recharge in the Past
6.4 Identification of Area of Groundwater Recharge
6.5 Relationship between Aquifers
6.6 Mixing Proportions of Groundwater of Different Genesis
6.7 Groundwater Residence Time in an Aquifer
6.8 Relationship ofWaters in Conjugate Hydrologic Basins
7 Isotopic Composition of FormationWaters
7.1 Relationship Between Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes in FormationWaters
7.2 Isotopic Composition of FormationWater in Sedimentary Basins
8 Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Sedimentary Rocks of Marine Genesis and Implications for Paleothermometry
8.1 Isotopic Composition of Sediments and PoreWater
8.2 Paleothermometry Based on the Isotopic Composition of Cherts
8.3 Paleothermometry Based on the Isotopic Composition of Carbonate Rocks
8.4 Isotopic Composition of Evaporates
9 Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Groundwater in Volcanic Regions
9.1 Use of Isotopes in Studying the Origin of Thermal Water
9.2 Isotopic Geothermometers
10 Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Minerals of Magmatic and Metamorphic Rocks and Fluid Inclusions
10.1 Role ofWater in Hydrothermal Alteration of the Rocks and Minerals
10.2 MeteoricWater in the Processes of Hydrothermal Formation of Minerals
Part II Cosmogenic Radioisotopes
11 Other Stable Isotopes in the Hydrosphere
11.1 Stable Isotopes of Carbon
11.2 Stable Isotopes of Sulfur
12 Origin and Production of Cosmogenic Radioisotopes
12.1 Composition of Cosmic Radiation in the Earth's Atmosphere 12.2 Composition and Steady-state Abundances of Cosmogenic Radioisotopes in the Outer Shells of the Earth
12.3 Distribution of Cosmogenic Radioisotopes in the Exchange Reservoirs
13 Tritium in Natural Waters
13.1 Properties of Tritium and Sources of Its Occurrence
13.2 Global Circulation of Tritium Water
14 Radiocarbon in Natural Waters
14.1 Origin and Distribution of Radiocarbon in the Nature
14.2 Natural Variations of Radiocarbon in the Atmosphere and Biosphere
14.3 Natural Radiocarbon in the Oceans
14.4 Technogenic Radiocarbon in the Atmosphere and Oceans
14.5 F
