The Demographics of Water: A Review of Water Ages in the Critical Zone

• Published in: Reviews of geophysics (1985) Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 800 - 834
• Main Authors: Sprenger, Matthias, Stumpp, Christine, Weiler, Markus, Aeschbach, Werner, Allen, Scott T., Benettin, Paolo, Dubbert, Maren, Hartmann, Andreas, Hrachowitz, Markus, Kirchner, James W., McDonnell, Jeffrey J., Orlowski, Natalie, Penna, Daniele, Pfahl, Stephan, Rinderer, Michael, Rodriguez, Nicolas, Schmidt, Maximilian, Werner, Christiane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.2019
• Subjects: critical Zone; stable isotopes; terrestrial water cycle; tracer hydrology; travel times; water ages

The time that water takes to travel through the terrestrial hydrological cycle and the critical zone is of great interest in Earth system sciences with broad implications for water quality and quantity. Most water age studies to date have focused on individual compartments (or subdisciplines) of the...