Stable water isotopes and the physical environment

• Published in: Belgeo
• Main Authors: Souchez, Roland, Lorrain, Réginald, Tison, Jean-Louis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Committee of Geography of Belgium 2016
• Subjects: isotopes stables; hydrologie; glaciologie; archives climatiques; Antarctique; environnement aride; environnement alpin; Lac Vostok; stable isotopes; hydrology; glaciology; climatic archives; Antarctica; arid environment; Alpine environment; Lake Vostok; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctique*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://belgeo.revues.org/16199

This paper presents the characteristics of the fractionation of water isotopes which occurs during evaporation and freezing of water. It shows how these characteristics can be used for studying some aspects of the physical environment, namely hydrological and glaciological issues. On the one hand, c...