Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry: Vol I

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
“Environmental Isotope Geochemistry”: Past, Present and Future....Pages 3-10
An Overview of Isotope Geochemistry in Environmental Studies....Pages 11-32
Humans and Isotopes: Impacts and Tracers of Human Interactions with the Environment....Pages 33-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Lithium Isotopes as Tracers in Marine and Terrestrial Environments....Pages 41-59
Meteoric 7 Be and 10 Be as Process Tracers in the Environment....Pages 61-85
Silicon Isotopes as Tracers of Terrestrial Processes....Pages 87-104
Calcium Isotopes as Tracers of Biogeochemical Processes....Pages 105-124
Natural and Anthropogenic Cd Isotope Variations....Pages 125-154
Stable Isotopes of Cr and Se as Tracers of Redox Processes in Earth Surface Environments....Pages 155-175
Stable Isotopes of Transition and Post-Transition Metals as Tracers in Environmental Studies....Pages 177-203
Applications of Osmium and Iridium as Biogeochemical Tracers in the Environment....Pages 205-227
Applications of Stable Mercury Isotopes to Biogeochemistry....Pages 229-245
Thallium Isotopes and Their Application to Problems in Earth and Environmental Science....Pages 247-269
Po-210 in the Environment: Biogeochemical Cycling and Bioavailability....Pages 271-284
Applications of Groundwater Helium....Pages 285-304
Applications of Short-Lived Radionuclides (7Be, 210Pb, 210Po, 137Cs and 234Th) to Trace the Sources, Transport Pathways and Deposition of Particles/Sediments in Rivers, Estuaries and Coasts....Pages 305-329
Radium Isotope Tracers to Evaluate Coastal Ocean Mixing and Residence Times....Pages 331-343
Natural Radium and Radon Tracers to Quantify Water Exchange and Movement in Reservoirs....Pages 345-365
Applications of Anthropogenic Radionuclides as Tracers to Investigate Marine Environmental Processes....Pages 367-394
Applications of Transuranics as Tracers and Chronometers in the Environment....Pages 395-417
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Tracing the Sources and Biogeochemical Cycling of Phosphorus in Aquatic Systems Using Isotopes of Oxygen in Phosphate....Pages 419-436
Isotopic Tracing of Perchlorate in the Environment....Pages 437-452
The Isotopomers of Nitrous Oxide: Analytical Considerations and Application to Resolution of Microbial Production Pathways....Pages 453-476
Using Cosmogenic Radionuclides for the Determination of Effective Surface Exposure Age and Time-Averaged Erosion Rates....Pages 477-486
Measuring Soil Erosion Rates Using Natural ( 7 Be, 210 Pb) and Anthropogenic ( 137 Cs, 239,240 Pu) Radionuclides....Pages 487-519
Sr and Nd Isotopes as Tracers of Chemical and Physical Erosion....Pages 521-552
Constraining Rates of Chemical and Physical Erosion Using U-Series Radionuclides....Pages 553-571
Front Matter....Pages 573-573
Applications of Cosmogenic Isotopes as Atmospheric Tracers....Pages 575-589
Uranium, Thorium and Anthropogenic Radionuclides as Atmospheric Tracers....Pages 591-611
Oxygen Isotope Dynamics of Atmospheric Nitrate and Its Precursor Molecules....Pages 613-635
Front Matter....Pages 637-637
Applications of Stable Isotopes in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Environmental Forensics....Pages 639-677
Utility of Stable Isotopes of Hydrogen and Carbon as Tracers of POPs and Related Polyhalogenated Compounds in the Environment....Pages 679-703
Front Matter....Pages 705-705
Light-Element Isotopes (H, C, N, and O) as Tracers of Human Diet: A Case Study on Fast Food Meals....Pages 707-723
Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Nitrogen as Tracers for Paleo-Diet Reconstruction....Pages 725-742
Applications of Sr Isotopes in Archaeology....Pages 743-768
Sources of Lead and Its Mobility in the Human Body Inferred from Lead Isotopes....Pages 769-785
Front Matter....Pages 787-787
Dating of Biogenic and Inorganic Carbonates Using 210 Pb- 226 Ra Disequilibrium Method: A Review....Pages 789-809
Isotope Dendroclimatology: A Review with a Special Emphasis on Tropics....Pages 811-833
The N, O, S Isotopes of Oxy-Anions in Ice Cores and Polar Environments....Pages 835-864
Stable Isotopes of N and Ar as Tracers to Retrieve Past Air Temperature from Air Trapped in Ice Cores....Pages 865-886
Back Matter....Pages 887-951