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Author : Gibson, J.J.; Edwards, T.W.D.; Birks, S.J.; St. Amour, N.A.; Buhay, B.; McEachern, P.; Wolfe, B.B.; and Peters, D.L.
Date : 2003.
Title : Progress of isotope tracer hydrology in Canada.
Publication : Canadian Geophysical Union. Annual Meeting, May 10 -14, 2003. Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta.
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An overview of current research trends in isotope hydrology, highlighting Canadian contributions, is presented under the headings: networks and infrastructure, water tracing and hydrograph separation analysis, lake hydrology, river hydrology, flood history and paleohydrology, and modelling. Tracer-based techniques, relying primarily on the naturally-occurring environmental isotopes, have been widely integrated into a range of hydrological and biogeochemical research programmes, as they effectively compliment physical and chemical techniques. A significant geographic focus of Canadian isotope hydrology research has been on the Mackenzie River Basin, forming contributions to programmes such as the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), NSERCs Northern Research Chairs Program, IAEAs Large River Basins Study, Alberta Environments Regional Aquatics Monitoring Programme (RAMP) and Long-term River Monitoring Network (LTRN), the Network of Centres of Excellence in Sustainable Forest Management (NCE-SFM), and Pan-Arctic River Transport of Nutrients, Organic Matter, and Suspended Sediments (PARTNERS). Canadian research has also directly supported international efforts such as the Global Network for Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP) coordinated by the IAEA and WMO and ISOMAP of IGBP-PAGES. The study of hydrological controls on water chemistry is one emerging research trend that stems from the unique ability to integrate isotope sampling within both water quality and water quantity surveys.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology