1. Edition - October 2009
83.90 Euro
2009. 432 Pages, Hardcover
- Professional Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-51885-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-51885-4 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
Tracers in Hydrology and Water Research provides a comprehensive overview of the application of natural and artificial tracers in hydrology and environmental research. Taking a unique approach by providing the reader with a systematic and state of the art description of natural and artificial tracers, the book also covers key analytical techniques and applications, and modern tracer methods in the context of systematic hydrology. This book outlines the fundamentals of the subject, and examines the latest research findings, clearly showing the entire process of tracer application through the inclusion of numerous integrated case studies.

From the contents
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 system analysis.

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 flow conditions.

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.