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- Only book of its kind on the market
- Will appeal to a multidisciplinary audience worldwide
- Includes a detailed case study to illustrate themes
- Excellent reference tool for students
Part of the book series: Environmental Pollution (EPOL, volume 13)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction on arid zone soil
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Front Matter
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Biogeochemistry of trace elements in arid environments
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Global warming has worsened the water resource crisis in many arid zones worldwide, from Africa to Asia, affecting millions of people and putting them at risk of hunger. Effective management of arid zone resources, including understanding the risks of toxic trace and heavy elements to humans, coupled with the need to produce more food to feed the world’s growing population, has thus become increasingly important. This very timely book, the only one of its kind on the market, fills the gap of our knowledge of trace elements in these regions.
Topics include:
- content and distribution
- solution chemistry
- solid-phase chemistry
- selective sequential dissolution techniques
- transfer fluxes
- bioavailability
- pollution and remediation.
In order to illustrate the themes, a comprehensive and focused case study is presented, and the book closes with the global perspectives on anthropogenic interferences in the natural trace elements’ distribution.
Authors and Affiliations
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Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
Fengxiang X. Han
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot
Arieh Singer
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in Arid Environments
Authors: Fengxiang X. Han, Arieh Singer
Series Title: Environmental Pollution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6024-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6023-6Published: 09 July 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7508-6Published: 22 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6024-3Published: 23 August 2007
Series ISSN: 1566-0745
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1702
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 368
Topics: Biochemistry, general, Soil Science & Conservation, Terrestrial Pollution, Agriculture, Terrestial Ecology, Earth Sciences, general