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The Use of Oxygen 18 and Deuterium Concentrations in the Water Balance of Lakes
Author(s) -
Dinçer T.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr004i006p01289
Subject(s) - water balance , environmental science , stable isotope ratio , isotopes of oxygen , oxygen 18 , oxygen balance , oxygen , environmental chemistry , hydrology (agriculture) , deuterium , chemistry , geology , physics , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , nuclear chemistry
Natural concentrations of stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen are used to determine the water balance of lakes situated in a subhumid climate in southwestern Turkey. A salt lake in that region is used as an index to the molecular exchange process between the lake and the atmospheric moisture. Such use of stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen in water balance studies appears to yield promising results and indicates that environmental isotopic studies might be a useful tool in limnological studies. (Key words: Environmental isotopes; molecular exchange; lake water balance)