Environmental forensics fundamentals: a practical guide
This book provides state-of-the-art information in the emerging field of environmental forensics. Exemplified through real case studies, it provides an up-to-date overview of main environmental forensics techniques. Emphasizing methodologies targeting both the contaminant and the associated environmental matrix, it presents a variety of challenging situations and offers appropriate solutions through practical application of forensic techniques. The book is meant to function as a road map provid…
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- Full title :Environmental forensics fundamentals : a practical guide / Ioana Gloria Petrisor.
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This book provides state-of-the-art information in the emerging field of environmental forensics. Exemplified through real case studies, it provides an up-to-date overview of main environmental forensics techniques. Emphasizing methodologies targeting both the contaminant and the associated environmental matrix, it presents a variety of challenging situations and offers appropriate solutions through practical application of forensic techniques. The book is meant to function as a road map providing users with a comprehensive forensic toolkit and the knowledge of how to use it in challenging situations--
The information included in this book will enable any professional working within the environmental field--scientist, engineer, lawyer, regulator, or industrial site operator--to acquire the knowledge and understanding needed for the practice of environmental forensics. The book provides principles as well as detail; examples; real and hypothetical case studies; and hints to guide the reader and also equips the reader with key knowledge and strategy-building skills--
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- Publication Date:©2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CRC Press
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (430 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0429102062, 9780429102066, 1466571586, 9781466571587
- DOI:10.1201/b17158
- oclc:on1329885547
- LC Classification:TD193.4
- Dewey Decimal:363.25/945
Table of Contents
Chapter 7: Finding the "Needle in the Haystack"Chapter 8: When Site Mitigation Leaves Pollution Behind; Chapter 9: Neighboring Industrial Sites with Complex Releases of Similar Contaminants; Chapter 10: Environmental "Poisoning" Story; Chapter 11: Residential Pool Disputes; Chapter 12: When All Is Uncertain or Unknown; Chapter 13: Forensic Investigation Leading to Scientific Discoveries; Chapter 14: When Nothing Else Works; Conclusions; Epilogue: What Does the Future Hold?; References; SI and U.S. Units of Measure Conversion Chart; Back Cover
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