Some classical concepts of isotope hydrology: "Rayleigh fractionation, meteoric water lines, the dansgaard effects (altitude, latitude, distance from coast and amount effects) and the dexcess parameter" Their inception, the role they played in the evolution of the discipline and how they have stood the test of time

Isotopes in the Water Cycle: Past, Present and Future of a Developing Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 127-137

  Gat, J R ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3023-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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