Topic List: To be modified based on student interest Background and Theory Fractionation Tracing the hydrologic cycle Isotope effects Paleothermometry Rock-water interaction Carbon Isotopes Strontium Cosmogenic Sulfur Nitrogen
Hydrogen Isotopes Example 1H: Protium, no neutrons, mass = 1 amu; stable 2H: Deuterium – extra neutron, mass = 2 amu; stable 3H: Tritium – two extra neutrons, mass = 3 amu, radioactive t1/2 = 12.3 yr
Equilibrium Fractionation
Light Stable Isotopes Clark and Fritz, 1997
Isotopic variation Hoefs, 2004
Oxygen variation Hoefs, 2004
Hydrogen variation Hoefs, 2004
Carbon variation Hoefs, 2004
Nitrogen Variation Hoefs, 2004
Sulfur variation Hoefs, 2004