<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Considering the country’s development and quality of life, recognition of the water cycle mechanism is of great importance. A significant contribution to this comes from the isotopic composition of particular elements of the water cycle. However, a weak point is that in Poland only one element of the water cycle, precipitation, is sampled and measured over more than 312 thousands km2 at a single station. It is therefore necessary to seek extension of or alternatives for these rare data. Such an alternative is the sampling of groundwater containing tritium in the national monitoring network of groundwater bodies that is maintained by the Polish Geological Institute. Based on such data we have constructed δ18O and δD isoscapes (i.e., maps of δ18O and δD values) of recent groundwater. These data provide spatial distribution of δ18O and δD values which can be used as input to hydrogeological models.</abstract>

Considering the country’s development and quality of life, recognition of the water cycle mechanism is of great importance. A significant contribution to this comes from the isotopic composition of particular elements of the water cycle. However, a weak point is that in Poland only one element of the water cycle, precipitation, is sampled and measured over more than 312 thousands km2 at a single station. It is therefore necessary to seek extension of or alternatives for these rare data. Such an alternative is the sampling of groundwater containing tritium in the national monitoring network of groundwater bodies that is maintained by the Polish Geological Institute. Based on such data we have constructed δ18O and δD isoscapes (i.e., maps of δ18O and δD values) of recent groundwater. These data provide spatial distribution of δ18O and δD values which can be used as input to hydrogeological models.

The δ18O and δD isoscapes of recent groundwater in Poland

Polish Geological Institute-National Research Institute

Geologos

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The δO and δD isoscapes of recent groundwater in Poland

Considering the country’s development and quality of life, recognition of the water cycle mechanism is of great importance. A significant contribution to this...

The δ¹⁸O and δD isoscapes of recent groundwater in Poland

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 205 - 211

Received: Mar 27, 2019

Accepted: Jul 26, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2019-0022

Keywords
stable isotopes of water, groundwater, tritium, precipitation, isoscapes

© 2019 Paweł M. Leśniak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The δ18O and δD isoscapes of recent groundwater in Poland

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 205 - 211

Received: Mar 27, 2019

Accepted: Jul 26, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2019-0022

Keywordsstable isotopes of water, groundwater, tritium, precipitation, isoscapes

© 2019 Paweł M. Leśniak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The δ¹⁸O and δD isoscapes of recent groundwater in Poland

Keywords
stable isotopes of water, groundwater, tritium, precipitation, isoscapes