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Edited By
B. De Vivo, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Harvey Belkin, United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA
Annamaria Lima, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Audience
All students and professionals working in the field on enviromental pollution, site characterization and remediation (geochemists, geologists,
agronomists, environmental scientists, risk assessors, and environmental regulators).
Contents
PROPOSED TABLE OF CONTENTS
1)Introduction. 2)The role of geochemistry in environment and health problems. 3)Regional Programs. FOREGS.
Sampling methods for different media - Stream sediments, soils, waters. 4) Environmental impact of the disposal of solid by-products
from waste incineration processes. 5)Household hazardous waste disposal as a pathway for environmental pollution. 6)Sampling methods
for site characterization and waste disposal. 7)Site investigations of stream and groundwaters: How to avoid getting into deep water.
8) Methods of chemical analysis of organics and quality controls.
9)Data base management at regional scale.
10)Data analysis and treatment,
at local scale, using GIS and GeoDAS. 11)Evaluation of background/baseline values. 12) Geochemical mapping of urban areas. Examples on
the munipal soils of Napoli, Avellino, Caserta, Benevento and Salerno towns. 13) Thermodynamics of platinum, palladium, and rhodium with
inorganic ligands in the environment. 14)Trace metals speciation and bioavailability in soil. 15)Environment pollution, epidemiology
and Workers problems. 16)Medical Geology: Application to arsenic and fluorine poisoning in southwest Guizhou Province, China.
17)Contaminated
land in Britain. 18)The US brownfields program: Case studies reflect progress and challenges. 19)Case history of site characterization
in Italy: Bagnoli brownfield site.
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Hardbound, 350 pages, publication date: MAY-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-53159-9
ISBN-10: 0-444-53159-9
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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