Chemical and Isotopic Groundwater Hydrology, Third Edition (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)

This updated and expanded edition provides a thorough understanding of the measurable properties of groundwater systems and the knowledge to apply hydrochemical, geological, isotopic, and dating approaches to their work. This volume includes question and answer discussions for key concepts presented in the text and the basic hydrological, geological, and physical parameters to be observed and measured. Chemical and Isotopic Groundwater Hydrology, Third Edition covers the chemical tools of groundwater hydrology, the isotopic composition of water and groundwater dating by tritum, carbon-14, Cl-36, and He-4, as well as the application of fossil groundwater as a paleoclimatic indicator. 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 This is the third edition of the text which considers physical and geological concepts and examines chemical and isotopic tools of groundwater hydrology. It also reviews water quality standards, monitoring, efficient data banks and education activities Groundwater is a concealed fluid that can be observed only at intermittent points at springs and in boreholes.