Contaminated Rivers: A Geomorphological-Geochemical Approach to Site Assessment and Remediation - Couverture rigide

Miller, Jerry R.; Orbock Miller, Suzanne M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1402052863 ISBN 13 : 9781402052866

Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2007

Synopsis

This book provides students and professionals with an introductory understanding of fluvial geomorphic principles and how these principles can be integrated with geochemical data to cost-effectively characterize, assess and remediate contaminated rivers.

There is in-depth discussion of the mechanics involved in the transport, deposition, and remobilization of contaminated sediments by physical processes. The book also comprehensively examines the use of geomorphic principles to identify and map spatial variations in metal concentrations in contaminated river valleys. The book stresses the importance of needing to understand both geomorphic and geochemical processes. Thus, the overall presentation is an analysis of physical and chemical processes and a discussion of how an understanding of these processes can be applied to specific aspects of site assessment and remediation.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The geomorphological, surficial and geochemical processes and conditions of rivers require a tailored set of strategies and programs to successfully clean up contaminated river reaches. The primary purpose of this book is not only to provide students and professionals with an introductory understanding of fluvial geomorphic principles but also to explain using a process oriented approach how these geomorphic principles can be integrated with geochemical data to cost-effectively characterize, assess and remediate contaminated river systems. Numerous case studies from North America and many other parts of the world are included.

Revue de presse

"Until the publication of this particular book, environmental geochemists had little insight into river particulate transfers, and few river geomorphologists were taking the contamination of river deposits - which generally does not affect the morphological features - into consideration. Contaminated Rivers aims to fill this gap at a time when remediation of contaminated sites and the understanding of particulate contminants transfers are high on the environmental agenda." --Michel Meybeck, EOS vol. 89, no. 32, 2008

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1402052863
• ISBN 13: 9781402052866
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
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