Traducido del Ruso Isotopiya Gidrosfery Zemli.

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Part I. STABLE ISOTOPES -- Isotope geochemistry of natural waters -- Isotopic composition of ocean water -- Isotopic composition of atmospheric moisture -- Isotopic composition of surface continental waters -- Isotopic composition of water in the unsaturated and saturated zones -- Isotopic composition of formation waters -- Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of sedimentary rocks of marine genesis and implications for paleothermometry -- Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of groundwater in volcanic regions -- Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of minerals of magmatic and metamorphic rocks and fluid inclusions -- Other stable isotopes in the hydrosphere -- Part II. COSMOGENIC RADIOISOTOPES -- Origin and production of cosmogenic radioisotopes -- Tritium in natural waters -- Radiocarbon in natural waters -- The other cosmogenic isotopes in natural waters -- Part III. RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES -- Production and distribution of radiogenic isotopes -- Dating of surface water, groundwater, and sediments -- Part IV. APPLICATIONS -- Applications to the problems of dynamics of natural waters -- Paleohydrology of the Aral-Caspian basin -- The nature and mechanism of the earth shell separation and origin of hydrosphere.