Stable water isotopes and the physical environment

• Published in: Belgeo
• Main Authors: Roland Souchez, Réginald Lorrain, Jean-Louis Tison
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2002
• Subjects: stable isotopes; hydrology; glaciology; climatic archives; Antarctica; arid environment; geo; envir; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Lake Vostok; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/belgeo.16199; https://doaj.org/article/2014b4923fbf4ce8b764b7a78219f043

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...