Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology

An analysis of the environmental health of groundwater. It focuses exclusively on this area of hydrogeology and explains it in terms the non-specialist should understand. The authors explain the theoretical basis of the methods and how to apply them, and illustrate key points with case studies.
Groundwater is an increasingly important resource to human populations around the world, and the study and protection of groundwater is an essential part of hydrogeology - the subset of hydrology that concentrates on the subsurface. Environmental isotopes, naturally occurring nuclides in water and solutes, have become fundamental tools for tracing the recharge, history, and contamination of groundwater.