The Hydrosphere

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The Hydrosphere

• Lecture 04
• Water-rock interaction will come later

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The isotope water cycle
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Global Meteoric Water Line
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Evaporation
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Evaporation of small reservoir
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Evaporation of finite reservoir
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Evaporation of infinite reservoir
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Evaporation slopes
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Deuterium excess and relative humidity
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Local Meteoric Water Lines
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Rayleigh Distillation
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IAEA GNIP Stations
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Global Distribution
Bowen, G.J. and Wilkinson, B., 2002. Spatial
distribution of delta O-18 in meteoric
precipitation. Geology, 30(4) 315-318.
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Temperature Effect
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Continental effect
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Continental effect
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Altitude effect
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Altitude effect
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Altitude gradients
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Amount effect
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Source effect
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Seasonal effect
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Seasonal/Source effect at ABQ