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Soil Pollution

Processes and Dynamics

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Bruno Yaron

    1. Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Soils and Water, Bet Dagan, Israel

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  2. Raoul Calvet

    1. Départemant Agronomie Environnement, Institut National Agronomique de Paris-Grignon Science des Sols et Hydrologie, Thiverval-Grignon, France

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  3. René Prost

    1. INRA, Station de Science du Sol, Versailles Cedex, France

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. The Interacting Materials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Soil as a Porous Medium

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 3-24

    3. The Soil Pollutants

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 25-53

  3. Pollutants Partitioning Among Soil Phases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Pollutants-Soil Solution Interactions

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 57-78

    3. Volatilization into the Soil Atmosphere

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 79-98

    4. Retention of Pollutants on and Within the Soil Solid Phase

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 99-148

  4. Pollutant Behavior in Soils

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Reversible and Irreversible Retention — Release and Bound Residues

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 151-182

    3. Transformation and Metabolite Formation

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 183-221

    4. Pollutants Transport in the Soil Medium

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 223-259

  5. Prediction and Remediation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
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    2. Modeling the Fate of Pollutants in the Soil

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 265-293

    3. Risks and Remedies

      • Bruno Yaron, Raoul Calvet, René Prost
      Pages 295-310

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 311-313
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The soil is the medium through which pollutants originating from human activities, both in agriculture and industry, move from the land surfaces to groundwater. Polluting substances are subject to complex physical, chemical and biological transformations during their movement through the soil. Their displacement depends on the transport properties of the water-air-soil system and on the molecular properties of the pollutants. Prediction of soil pollution and restoration of polluted soils requires an under­ standing of the processes controlling the fate of pollutants in the soil medium and of the dynamics of the contaminants in the un­ saturated zone. Our book was conceived· as a basic overview of the processes governing the behavior of pollutants as affected by soil constituents and environmental factors. It was written for the use of specialists working on soil and unsaturated zone pollution and restoration, as well as for graduate students starting research in this field. Since many specialists working on soil restoration lack a back­ ground in soil science or a knowledge of the properties of soil pollutants, we have included this information which forms the first part of the book. In the second part, we discuss the partitioning of pollutants between the aqueous, solid and gaseous phase of the soil medium. The retention, transformation and transport of pollutants in the soils form the third section.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Soils and Water, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Bruno Yaron

  • Départemant Agronomie Environnement, Institut National Agronomique de Paris-Grignon Science des Sols et Hydrologie, Thiverval-Grignon, France

    Raoul Calvet

  • INRA, Station de Science du Sol, Versailles Cedex, France

    René Prost

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