Environmental Geochemistry: Site Characterization, Data Analysis and Case Histories

Environmental Geochemistry: Site Characterization, Data Analysis and Case Histories, Second Edition reviews the role of geochemistry in the environment and details state-of-the-art applications of these principles in the field, specifically in pollution and remediation situations. Chapters cover both philosophy and procedures, as well as applications, in an array of issues in environmental geochemistry including health problems related to environment pollution, waste disposal and data base management. This updated edition also includes illustrations of specific case histories of site characterization and remediation of brownfield sites. Covers numerous global case studies allowing readers to see principles in actionExplores the environmental impacts on soils, water and air in terms of both inorganic and organic geochemistryWritten by a well-respected author team, with over 100 years of experience combinedIncludes updated content on: urban geochemical mapping, chemical speciation, characterizing a brownsfield site and the relationship between heavy metal distributions and cancer mortality INDICE: Introduction Field Methods in Regional Geochemical Surveys Sampling Methods for Site Characterization Contaminated Groundwater Sampling and Quality Control of Water Analyses The Collection of Drainage Samples for Environmental Analyses from Active Stream Channels Data Conditioning of Environmental Geochemical Data: Quality Control Procedures used in the British Geological Survey's Regional Geochemical Mapping Project Gas Chromatographic Methods of Chemical Analysis of Organics and Their Quality Control Evaluation of Geochemical Background at Regional and Local Scales by Fractal Filtering Technique: Case Studies in Selected Italian Areas Urban Geochemical Mapping Chemical Speciation to Assess Potentially Toxic Metals' (PTMs') Bioavailability and Geochemical Forms in Polluted Soils Extractions and Characterisation of Pore Water in Contaminated Soils Models of Geochemical Speciation: Structure and Applications Utility of Lead Isotopes as Discriminators of Anthropogenic versus Natural Sources in the Surficial Environment Management of Hazardous By-Products of Urban Waste Incineration: Some Considerations on the Italian Situation New developments in the analysis and remediation of brownfields in the United States Characterization and Remediation of a Brownfield Site: The Bagnoli Case in Italy Relationships Between Heavy Metal Distribution and Cancer Mortality Rates in the Campania Region, Italy Environmental Human Health Issues Related to Indoor Air Pollution From Domestic Biomass Use in Rural China: A Review New developments in medical geology and health implications Biological and environmental hazards of desert dust to military personnel Environmental Characteristics and Utilization Potential of Metallurgical Slag Degradation of peat lands by deforestation related to palm oil plantations, Indonesia Geochemistry and environmental aspects of produced water Environmental risk analysis at the regional scale by a GIS aided technique: the Zambian Copper Belt Province case study Polyurethane Foam-Based Passive Air Samplers in Monitoring Persistent Organic Pollutants: Theory and Application The History and the Present of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in soil in China- A Review and Cases on the Southwest and Southeast of China Case histories on soil contamination with toxic metal and/or POP, India Mitigating Cumulative Impacts of Arsenic Exposure from Environmental Hazards, Social Vulnerability, Biological and Behavioral Susceptibility A Microbial Analysis Primer for Biogeochemists

• ISBN: 978-0-444-63763-5
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 566
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés