Chemical and Isotopic Groundwater Hydrology

Physical and geological concepts: basic hydrological concepts geological data physical parameters. Chemical tools of groundwater hydrology: elements, isotopes, ions, units and errors chemical parameters - data processing planning hydrochemicalstudies chemical parameters - field work. Isotopic tools of groundwater hydrology: water identification and dating stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes tritium dating radiocarbon dating chlorine-36 dating the noble gases helium-4 and Ar-40long-range dating paleoclimate, palaeohydrology and groundwater dating interrelations. Man and water: detecting pollution sources sustainable development of groundwater, urban and statewide management Water quality standards, monitoring, efficient databanks and education activities oceans - major reservoir of terrestrial water and salts. Oceans and continents - constant shifting of water and salts: interstitial waters beneath the oceans - common marine facies and occasional epicontinental brine-taggedfacies salt and gypsum deposits within sedimentary basins disclose large-scale evaporitic paleo-systems and storage in isolated rock-compartments. Deep groundwater systems - formation water: brine-tagged meteoric formation waters are dominant withinsedimentary basins and rift valleys, ruling out basin-wide through-flow isotopic dating within the wide age range of formation waters brine-tagged meteoric formation waters are common also in crystalline shields - geological conclusions and relevance tonuclear waste repositories petroleum deposits elucidated by associated formation waters. Petroleum hydrology - petroleum formation environments high-lighted by the associated formation waters petroleum formation environments high-lighted by rockcharacteristics the pressure-cooker model of petroleum formation in closed compartments and discussion of related paradigms formation waters and petroleum - unifying the research and exploration avenues. Warm and geothermal waters applied for recreationand energy production: warm and mineral waters boiling and superheated waters hydrochemists' reports discussed answers.