Sediments are increasingly recognized as both a carrier and a possible source of contaminants in aquatic systems, and they may also affect groundwater quality and agricultural products when disposed on land. Four aspects are covered reflecting the development of knowledge in particle-associated pollutants during the past twenty-five years: - the identification, surveillance, monitoring and control of sources and distribution of pollutants, - the evaluation of solid/solution relations of contaminants in surface waters, - the study of in-situ processes and mechanisms of pollutant transfer in various compartments of the aquatic ecosystems, - the assessment of the environmental impact of particle-bound contaminants, i.e. the development of sediment quality criteria.
A final chapter focusses on practical aspects concerning contaminated sediments.
| ISBN: | 9783540510765 |
| Publication date: | 12th April 1989 |
| Author: | Ulrich Förstner |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 157 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences |
| Genres: |
Waste management Ecological science, the Biosphere Waste treatment and disposal Soil science and management Environmental chemistry Pollution and threats to the environment |
Sediments are increasingly recognized as both a carrier and a possible source of contaminants in aquatic systems, and they may also affect groundwater quality and agricultural products when disposed on land. Four aspects are covered reflecting the development of knowledge in particle-associated pollutants during the past twenty-five years: - the identification, surveillance, monitoring and control of sources and distribution of pollutants, - the evaluation of solid/solution relations of contaminants in surface waters, - the study of in-situ processes and mechanisms of pollutant transfer in various compartments of the aquatic ecosystems, - the assessment of the environmental impact of particle-bound contaminants, i.e. the development of sediment quality criteria.
Contaminated Sediments features in the following genres: Waste management, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Waste treatment and disposal, Soil science and management, Environmental chemistry, Pollution and threats to the environment
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Contaminated Sediments was written by Ulrich Förstner and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Contaminated Sediments has 157 pages
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