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Introduction to environmental forensics /
The third edition of Introduction to Environmental Forensics is a state-of-the-art reference for the practicing environmental forensics consultant, regulator, student, academic, and scientist, with topics including compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA), advanced multivariate statistical techniqu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; About the Authors; SECTION I
- BASIC INFORMATION; Chapter 1
- Applications of Environmental Forensics; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND/OR DELINEATION OF CONTAMINATION; 1.3 RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL RELEASES AND ESTABLISHING BACKGROUND; 1.4 DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ALLOCATION OF LIABILITY; 1.5 INSURANCE LITIGATION; 1.6 TOXIC TORTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2
- Essential Historical Research Methods and Their Application to Environmental Forensics.
- 2.1 INTRODUCTION2.2 HISTORICAL RESEARCH FOR SITE ASSESSMENT OR RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNMENT; 2.3 HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS FOR APPORTIONMENT AND COST ALLOCATION; 2.4 THE HISTORIAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO LIABILITY DETERMINATIONS; 2.5 THE HISTORIAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO COST ALLOCATION; 2.6 HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS FOR MATTERS OF "INTENTIONALITY"; 2.7 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3
- Photogrammetry, Photointerpretation, and Digital Imaging and Mapping in Environmental Forensics; 3.1 THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD; 3.2 PRINCIPLES OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY; 3.3 PHOTOINTERPRETATION.
- 3.4 ANALYTICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION OF EXHIBITS3.5 CASE STUDIES; 3.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4
- The Measurement Process; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL ERRORS IN THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS; 4.3 PLANNING; 4.4 SAMPLING DIFFERENT MEDIA; 4.5 DATA ASSESSMENT; 4.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5
- Statistical Methods; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 BACKGROUND; 5.3 APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS; 5.4 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6
- Identification of Forensic Information from Existing Conventional Site-Investigation Data; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 SITE HISTORY.
- 6.3 GEOLOGICAL DATA6.4 HYDROGEOLOGICAL DATA; 6.5 CONTAMINANT CHEMISTRY DATA; 6.6 HIGH RESOLUTION SITE CHARACTERIZATION (HRSC) DATA; 6.7 DATA REFLECTING POSTRELEASE CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATION PATTERN CHANGES; 6.8 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7
- Chemical Partitioning and Transport in the Environment; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; 7.3 FUGACITY DESCRIPTION OF PARTITIONING; 7.4 MASS-TRANSFER MODELS; 7.5 THE ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; 7.6 CONCLUSION; LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES.
- SECTION II
- CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND ISOTOPIC PATTERN-RECOGNITION METHODSChapter 8
- Hydrocarbon Fingerprinting Methods; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 OVERVIEW OF CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING METHODOLOGY; 8.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL; 8.4 VOLATILE HYDROCARBON FINGERPRINTING METHODS; 8.5 SEMIVOLATILE HYDROCARBON FINGERPRINTING METHODS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9
- Source Identification and Age Dating of Chlorinated Solvents; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 PRODUCT FORMULATIONS AND DIAGNOSTIC STABILIZERS; 9.3 MANUFACTURING IMPURITIES.