Description
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 action- Explores the environmental impacts on soils, water and air in terms of both inorganic and organic geochemistry- Written by a well-respected author team, with over 100 years of experience combined- Includes updated content on: urban geochemical mapping, chemical speciation, characterizing a brownsfield site and the relationship between heavy metal distributions and cancer mortality
Table of Contents
PrefaceMETHODS AND PROCEDURES1. Field methods in regional geochemical surveys2. Sampling methods for site characterization3. Contaminated groundwater sampling and quality control of water analyses4. The collection of drainage samples for environmental analyses from active stream channels5. Biological monitoring for environmental chemical risk assessment6. Data conditioning of environmental geochemical data: Quality control procedures used in the British Geological Survey's regional geochemical mapping project7. Gas chromatographic methods of chemical analysis of organics and their quality control8. Evaluation of geochemical background at regional and local scale by fractal filtering technique: Case studies in selected Italian areas9. Geochemical mapping of urban areas10. Chemical speciation to assess bio-availability, bio-accessibility and geochemical forms of potentially toxic metals (PTMs) in polluted soils11. Extraction and characterization of pore water in contaminated soils12. Models of geochemical speciation: structure and applicationsPOLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION13. Lead and strontium isotopes as monitors of anthropogenic contaminants in the surficial environment14. Preliminary Pb isotopic compositions of soil profiles near lead smelters, East Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.15. Polyurethane foam-based passive air samplers in monitoring persistent organic pollutants: theory and applications16. Legacies of Organochlorine pesticides (OCP) in soil of China – A review, and cases in Southwest and Southeast China17. The Bagnoli-Napoli brownfield site in Italy: before and after the remediationASSOCIATED HEALTH ISSUES18. Potential contaminants, and sustainable HazMat infrastructure: Neodeterministic (NDSHA) approach guarantees prevention rather than cure. The Bophal - Madhya Pradesh, India - gas tragedy case19. Application of geochemistry to medical geology20. Environmental human health issues related to indoor air pollution from domestic biomass use in rural China. A review21. Properties, utilization, and potential health and environmental issues of depleted uranium (DU) for military and civilian use22. Biological, chemical, and environmental hazard of desert dust to military personnel23. Indoor mercury pollution in the herbaria: risk assessment for workers' health and potential solutions. The studies at the Florence (Italy) herbaria.24. Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in Multimedia Environment from Zigui Karst Area, China
