Handbook of environmental isotope geochemistry / Руководство по изотопной геохимии окружающей среды

Applications of concepts and methods of physics and chemistry to geology resulted in the field of Isotope Geochemistry which has revolutionized our understanding of our Earth system and our environment. When isotope techniques applied to understanding environmental changes that have taken place in the anthropocene, the resultant field can be defined as Environmental Isotope Geochemistry. The applications of isotopes as tracers and chronometers have permeated not only every sub-branch of geosciences, but also archaeology, anthropology and environmental forensics.

Over the past three to four decades major developments in instrumentation have resulted in high precision and sensitivity in the measurement of a large number of radioactive and stable isotopes that are widely utilized as powerful tools in earth and environmental science. These developments have opened-up new areas of research, resulting in even widening and deepening knowledge of geochemical processes and new discoveries. <...>