Isotopes of the Earth's Hydrosphere - Hardcover

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V.I.Ferronsky obtained his Ph.D. and Dr. Sci. in Nuclear Geophysics. He is Professor of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. His positions are: Assistant Professor of Dept. of Soil Mechanics in Civil Engineering Institute, Moscow (1952 -1957); Head of Laboratory of Nuclear Applications in Geology (1958 - 1965) and Deputy Director (1965 - 1970) in the Research Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering geology, Moscow; Director of the Div. of Research and Laboratories of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1970 - 1973), Vienna; Head of the Department of Isotope Hydrology at the Institute of Water Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1973 - 1983), Moscow; Director of the Div. of Research and Laboratories of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1983 - 1987), Vienna; Principal Researcher of the Paleohydrology of the Caspian Sea Project in Water Problems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1987 up to now), Moscow. His publications, which are about 300, cover Applied nuclear geophysics, Isotopy of the Earth's hydrosphere, Celestial mechanics and Global dynamics.

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This book covers the distribution, hydrochemistry and geophysics of the naturally occurring stable isotopes namely: hydrogen, oxygen and radioactive tritium, carbon and other cosmogenic and radiogenic isotopes of the uranium-thorium series, in the oceans and in atmosphere, the earth's surface and ground water. The use of environmental isotopes in the three main areas of natural waters is discussed: origin, dynamics and residence time in natural reservoirs. The origin of the hydrosphere is examined in the light of isotopic, new cosmochemical and recent theoretical results.

The book will be of interest to scientists and researchers who use environmental isotopes in solving scientific and practical problems in hydrology, hydrogeology, oceanography, meteorology, hydrogeochemistry and cosmochemistry. Lecturers, students and postgraduates in these fields will also find it useful.