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Environmental Tracers and Isotopic Techniques: Tools for Sustainable Water Management

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Geostatistics and Geospatial Technologies for Groundwater Resources in India

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Isotopes, trace element and noble gases are regularly applied to quantify subsurface flow paths, sources, residence times and reactive processes in the geochemistry. Analysis of complex system necessitates use of isotopic techniques for more accurate resolution of the fluid transport and solute transformation. In this book chapter, a state of art of review has been discussed to understand the use of isotopic techniques and environmental tracers in water flow and solute movements. A detail discussion has been presented in this chapter to highlights applicability of the stable isotopes, noble gases as environmental tracers in water flow and contaminant transport study. This chapter will be helpful in designing experiments and field scale observation stations for investigation of groundwater pollution loading and implementation of management plan.

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  1. Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Pankaj Kumar Gupta

  2. Department of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

    Manik Goel

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  1. Indian Institute of Water Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Partha Pratim Adhikary

  2. Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, West Bengal, India

    Pravat Kumar Shit

  3. Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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  4. Randstad India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India

    Gouri Sankar Bhunia

  5. School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

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  6. Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

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Gupta, P.K., Goel, M. (2021). Environmental Tracers and Isotopic Techniques: Tools for Sustainable Water Management. In: Adhikary, P.P., Shit, P.K., Santra, P., Bhunia, G.S., Tiwari, A.K., Chaudhary, B.S. (eds) Geostatistics and Geospatial Technologies for Groundwater Resources in India. Springer Hydrogeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62397-5_26

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