Study of small basin hydrology in Anatolia using environmental isotope analysis

Abstract

The hydrological behaviour of a representative basin in Central Anatolia, Turkey, was studied by isotopic evaluation of water elements. Samples taken from precipitation, groundwater, subsurface water from the unsaturated zone, and streamflow were analysed for oxygen-18, deuterium and tritium to study quantitative aspects of various components of the streamflow. Eight storm events were used to determine the sources of the contributions to the flood hydrographs.