Soil Pollution: Processes and Dynamics

Author:   Bruno Yaron ,  Raoul Calvet ,  Rene Prost
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
ISBN:  

9783642647161


Pages:   315
Publication Date:   28 September 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Soil Pollution: Processes and Dynamics


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The soil is the medium through which pollutants originating from human activities, both in agriculture and industry, move from the land surfaces to groundwater. Polluting substances are subject to complex physical, chemical and biological transformations during their movement through the soil. Their displacement depends on the transport properties of the water-air-soil system and on the molecular properties of the pollutants. Prediction of soil pollution and restoration of polluted soils requires an under­ standing of the processes controlling the fate of pollutants in the soil medium and of the dynamics of the contaminants in the un­ saturated zone. Our book was conceived· as a basic overview of the processes governing the behavior of pollutants as affected by soil constituents and environmental factors. It was written for the use of specialists working on soil and unsaturated zone pollution and restoration, as well as for graduate students starting research in this field. Since many specialists working on soil restoration lack a back­ ground in soil science or a knowledge of the properties of soil pollutants, we have included this information which forms the first part of the book. In the second part, we discuss the partitioning of pollutants between the aqueous, solid and gaseous phase of the soil medium. The retention, transformation and transport of pollutants in the soils form the third section.

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Author:   Bruno Yaron ,  Raoul Calvet ,  Rene Prost
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9783642647161


ISBN 10:   3642647162
Pages:   315
Publication Date:   28 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

I The Interacting Materials.- 1 The Soil as a Porous Medium.- 2 The Soil Pollutants.- II Pollutants Partitioning Among Soil Phases.- 3 Pollutants-Soil Solution Interactions.- 4 Volatilization into the Soil Atmosphere.- 5 Retention of Pollutants on and Within the Soil Solid Phase.- III Pollutant Behavior in Soils.- 6 Reversible and Irreversible Retention - Release and Bound Residues.- 7 Transformation and Metabolite Formation.- 8 Pollutants Transport in the Soil Medium.- IV Prediction and Remediation.- 9 Modeling the Fate of Pollutants in the Soil.- 10 Risks and Remedies.

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