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Besides hydrogen and oxygen-18 other stable isotopes, which are present in the hydrosphere, are of use in studying natural waters. They are the isotopes of helium 3Hе/4He, boron 10B/11B, carbon 13C/12C, nitrogen 15N/14N, sulfur 34S/32S, chlorine 37Cl/35Cl, and argon 36Ar/38Ar. We discuss here briefly only some aspects of geochemistry and distribution in natural compounds of carbon and sulfur in order to understand dynamics and genesis of natural waters. These isotopes found wide application for solving practical problems in hydrology, hydrogeology, climatology, and oceanography. Information about the other isotopes one can find in the works of (Fritz and Fontes, Handbook of Eenvironmental Isotope Geochemistry,1980; Hoefs, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, 1973), and others.
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Ferronsky, V.I., Polyakov, V.A. (2012). Other Stable Isotopes in the Hydrosphere. In: Isotopes of the Earth's Hydrosphere. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2856-1_11
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