Miniconference on Aquifers as Archives of Paleoclimate

地下水的同位素和元素组成受补给时气候条件的影响，因此是气候变化的潜在指标。到目前为止，在揭示深层循环地下水中包含的气候信息方面所做的工作很少。然而，已经成功地证明，在选定的含水层中，地下水的同位素组成和溶解的惰性气体的浓度可与古温度和(或)过去的大气环流模式有关。这些研究带来了希望，即作为古气候档案的地下水可能会在未来的气候研究中发挥重要作用，但它们也表明，仍有许多悬而未决的问题需要解决。该奖项支持在哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特-多尔蒂地质天文台举行的一次会议，以探索这一地区未来古气候研究的潜力和战略。

Isotopic and elemental composition of groundwater are influenced by climatic conditions at the time of recharge and are therefore potential indicators for climate change. To date little work has been done to unravel climate information contained in deep circulating groundwater. However, it has been successfully demonstrated that in selected aquifers the isotopic composition of groundwater and the concentrations of dissolved noble gases can be related to paleotemperatures and/or past atmospheric circulation patterns. These studies raised hopes that groundwater as an archive of paleoclimate may play an important role in future climate research, but they also indicate that there are still many open questions that must be addressed. This award supports a meeting at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University to explore the potential and strategies for future paleoclimate research in this area.