Introduction to Environmental Forensics - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0124046967 ISBN 13 : 9780124046962

Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Environmental forensics deals with questions such as: Whose hazardous waste is it? When was it placed in its present location? How did it happen? How much have people and the environment been exposed? How should liabilaty be allocated? The third edition of INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS will provide the most current coverage of issues and techniques crucial to forensic investigations of environmental disasters. It will show the evolution of the field, including topics such as chemical fingerprinting of hydrocarbons and PCBs, forensic air dispersion modeling analysis, and soil and groundwater modeling. Written by an international group of scientific specialists in order to cover this broad and important field most fully, the new volume will rely on reader feedback to focus on the most important areas for environmental professionals. INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS, third edition will be of interest to consultants, regulators, attorneys, or others whose practice involves identifying sources of pollution and allocating responsibility among multiple parties.

• Provides a comprehensive review of all aspects of environmental forensics
• Coverage ranges from emerging statistical methods to state-of-the-art analytical techniques, such as gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry and polytopic vector analysis
• Numerous examples and case studies are provided to illustrate the application of these forensic techniques in environmental investigations

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Environmental forensics deals with questions such as: Whose hazardous waste is it? When was it placed in its present location? How did it happen? How much have people and the environment been exposed? How should liabilaty be allocated? The third edition of INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS will provide the most current coverage of issues and techniques crucial to forensic investigations of environmental disasters. It will show the evolution of the field, including topics such as chemical fingerprinting of hydrocarbons and PCBs, forensic air dispersion modeling analysis, and soil and groundwater modeling. Written by an international group of scientific specialists in order to cover this broad and important field most fully, the new volume will rely on reader feedback to focus on the most important areas for environmental professionals. INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS, third edition will be of interest to consultants, regulators, attorneys, or others whose practice involves identifying sources of pollution and allocating responsibility among multiple parties.

• Provides a comprehensive review of all aspects of environmental forensics
• Coverage ranges from emerging statistical methods to state-of-the-art analytical techniques, such as gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry and polytopic vector analysis
• Numerous examples and case studies are provided to illustrate the application of these forensic techniques in environmental investigations

Revue de presse

"...an effective and dependable reference guide to many who research or practice in this area. It is highly recommended and would be appropriate as a professional publication for forensic scientists of all levels during their career." --Interfaces

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academic Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0124046967
• ISBN 13: 9780124046962
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 704
• Éditeur: Murphy Brian L., Morrison Robert D.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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