Leibundgut / Maloszewski / Külls Tracers in Hydrology

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-119-96501-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten, E-Book

Tracers in Hydrology and Water Research is a comprehensiveoverview of the application of natural and artificial tracers inhydrology and environmental research. Taking a unique approach byproviding the reader with a systematic and state of the artdescription of natural and artificial tracers, the book alsocovers key analytical techniques and applications, and moderntracer methods in the context of systematic hydrology. Tracers havebecome a primary tool for process investigation, qualitative andquantitative system analysis and integrated resource management.This book will outline the fundamentals of the subject, and examinethe latest research findings, clearly showing the entire process oftracer application through the inclusion of numerous integratedcase studies.
As many techniques derive from different scientific disciplines(chemistry, biology, physics), the effort of compilation andintegration into modern hydrology and environmental scienceresearch and application requires substantial continuity andexperience, which certifies this group of authors.
This book will be an invaluable reference not only for studentsand researchers within the field of Hydrology and Hydrogeology butalso for engineers and other tracer techniques applying users.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leibundgut, Christian

Maloszewski, Piotr

Külls, Christoph

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1 Introduction.
2 The Integrated Concept of Tracers in Hydrology.
2.1 System approach.
2.2 Definition of tracers.
2.3 Modelling in the context of integrated tracerhydrology.
2.4 Fields of application.
3 Environmental Tracers.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Stable isotopes of water.
3.3 Stable isotopes in soil.
3.4 Stable isotopes in surface and groundwater.
3.5 The use of environmental isotopes for hydrological systemanalysis.
3.6 Nitrogen isotopes and origin assignment.
3.7 Age dating.
4 Artificial Tracers.
4.1 Fluorescent tracers.
4.2 Salt tracers.
4.3 Drifting particles as tracers.
4.4 Radioactive tracers.
4.5 Other tracers.
5 Mathematical Modelling of Experimental Data.
5.1 Artificial tracer (ideal) under saturated flowconditions.
5.2 Tracer experiments under unsaturated flow conditions.
5.3 Tracer experiments in streams and rivers.
5.4 Environmental tracer data.
5.5 The goodness-of-fit of a model.
6 Technical Instructions.
6.1 Planning and execution of a tracer study.
6.2 Estimation of tracer injection mass.
6.3 Gauging discharge.
6.4 Chloride method for groundwater recharge estimation.
6.5 Hydrograph separation using the end member mixing analysis(EMMA).
7 Case Studies.
7.1 Groundwater.
7.2 Case studies in the unsaturated zone and in soils.
7.3 Surface water.
7.4 Glaciers.
7.5 Catchment scale.
Colour Plate Section.
References.
Index.