Groundwater Geochemistry and Isotopes

2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-40593-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Groundwater Geochemistry and Isotopes provides the theoretical understanding and interpretive methods and contains useful information on the basics of sampling and analysis. This text teaches the thermodynamic basis and principal reactions involving the major ions, gases, and isotopes during groundwater recharge, weathering, and redox evolution. This second edition emphasizes the practical use of isotopes and geochemistry in understanding groundwater origin, flow, and contamination and includes all the latest methods and isotopes developed since the first publication. All new hyperlinks have been added, and the end-of-chapter problems have been updated throughout. Accessible to consultants and practitioners as well as undergraduates, this new edition presents the basics of environmental isotopes and geochemistry and provides a full understanding of their use in natural and contaminated groundwater.

- Covers the basics of solutes, gases, and isotopes in water, and concentration-activity relationships and reactions.

- Describes tracing the water cycle, weathering, and the geochemical evolution of water quality.

- Explores dating groundwater as young as a few years to over hundreds of millions of years.

- Uses case studies to demonstrate the application of geochemistry and isotopes for contaminated groundwaters.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Groundwater Geochemistry and Isotopes. Thermodynamics of Aqueous Systems. Geochemical Reactions. Isotope Reactions. Tracing the Water Cycle. CO2 and Weathering. Geochemical Evolution. Groundwater Dating. Contaminant Geochemistry and Isotopes. Sampling and Analysis. References. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Clark is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Ottawa. He completed a bachelor of science in earth sciences and a master of science in hydrogeology at the University of Waterloo, followed by his doctoral degree at the Université de Paris-Sud (Orsay) in isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology. Since his earliest work on geothermal systems in western Canada, Dr. Clark’s research has focused on the integration of geochemistry and isotopes to address questions on the origin, age, and geochemical history of groundwater and solutes in natural and contaminated settings. He and his colleagues recently established the Advanced Research Complex for geosciences at the University of Ottawa, hosting labs for accelerator mass spectrometry, stable isotopes, noble gases, and geochemistry.