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Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

What happens when a chemical is released into the environment? It diffuses, disperses, adsorbs, reacts, and/or changes state.  To predict and analyze this process, the mathematics of diffusion is applied to lakes, rivers, groundwater, the atmosphere, the oceans, and transport between these media.  A...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gulliver, John S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Subjects:
Geobiology
Ecotoxicology
Physical Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Biogeosciences
Waste Management
Waste Management/waste Technology
Geochemistry
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment, Introduction
  • 2. Chemicals in the Environment, Diffusive Transport
  • 3. Toxic Organic Chemicals
  • 4. Transport in the Environment
  • 5. Chemicals in the Environment, Turbulent Transport
  • 6. Chemicals in the Environment, Dispersive Transport
  • 7.  Transport with Jets and Plumes of Chemicals in the Environment
  • 8. Atmosphere-Water Exchange
  • 9. Sediment-Water Interfaces, Chemical Flux at
  • 10. River Fate and Transport
  • 11. Lake and Reservoir Fate and Transport of Chemicals
  • 12. Oceanic Fate and Transport of Chemicals
  • 13. Subsurface Fate and Transport of Chemicals
  • Index

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