Damage accumulation, recovery process, and the influence of hydrogen on the recovery process have been investigated in single crystal SrTiO3 irradiated with low-energy (40 keV) H+ using in-situ hydrogen nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry/channeling (RBS/C) techniques. Samples were irradiated at a temperature of 120 It with ion fluences of 5.0 x 10(16) and 1.0 x 10(17) H+/cm(2). For annealing temperatures up to similar to 470 K, isochronal annealing results indicate increasing disorder on the Sr, Ti, and O sublattices with temperature in the vicinity of the implanted hydrogen for low fluences of 5.0 x 10(16) H+/cm(2). Annealing this sample above 570 K. resulted in the cleavage of the entire irradiated surface. On-the-other-hand, high-temperature isochronal annealing results for 1.0 x 10(17) H+/cm(2) fluence show an increase in the backscattering yield across the penetration depth of the implant hydrogen due to the formation of hydrogen blisters. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.