ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES IN HYDROLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AT RAURENI-VALCEA AREA

Diana Costinel, Roxana Elena Ionete* and Raluca Popescu

National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICIT Rm. Valcea, code 240050 - Rm. Valcea, Uzinei 4, CP7 Raureni, Valcea, Romania, phone: 0040 250 736979, fax: 0040 250 732746, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
*Corresponding author:  R. E. Ionete, Ph.D., research fields: isotope applications in environmental and food safety research.     E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

ABSTRACT

The main objective for this study is the systematic collection of basic data on stable isotope content of precipitation fallen in Raureni-Valcea area, to determine temporal variations of environmental isotopes in precipitation and, consequently, to provide basic isotope data in hydrological investigations of local climate changes and to see how Bistrita (the water source from population who lives in Raureni-Valcea) river isotopic fingerprint is influenced.

KEYWORDS: stable isotope, precipitation, meteoric water line