SP507 Stable Isotope Studies of the Water Cycle and Terrestrial Environments

Edited by A.-V. Bojar, A. Pelc and C. Lecuyer

Past environments of the Earth's surface may be deciphered and modelled using stable isotopes along with mineralogical, sedimentological, biological, palaeontological, chemical and climatological methodologies. This volume is devoted to studies investigating the distribution of stable isotopes in precipitation and groundwaters and their interaction with terrestrial and marine environments at regional to continental scale. In connection, case studies from past soils (palaeosols), palaeontological skeletons, cave deposits, karstic areas, lacustrine sediments and shallow marine settings are investigated. The sections relate the dynamics of the surficial water cycle and underground water storage to the genesis of sedimentary deposits that act as archives of short- to long-term climatic and environmental changes.