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Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment

Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

  • Provides detailed background on environmental chemistry, diffusion, and transport
  • Examines transport and fate in single media as well as inter-media transfer of chemicals
  • Covers transport and fate in rivers, lakes, the oceans, and groundwater
  • Demonstrates key applications of transport and fate analyses within the ecosphere
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Toxic Organic Chemicals

    • Simanga Gama, Jon A. Arnot, Don Mackay
    Pages 41-63
  3. Transport in the Environment

    • John S. Gulliver
    Pages 65-88
  4. Transport with Jets and Plumes of Chemicals in the Environment

    • Wenming Zhang, Nallamuthu Rajaratnam, David Z. Zhu
    Pages 141-174
  5. Atmosphere-Water Exchange

    • Bernd Jähne
    Pages 175-193
  6. Sediment–Water Interfaces, Chemical Flux at

    • Louis J. Thibodeaux, Joseph Germano
    Pages 195-217
  7. River Fate and Transport

    • Zhen-Gang Ji
    Pages 219-240
  8. Lake and Reservoir Fate and Transport of Chemicals

    • Heinz G. Stefan, Xing Fang, John S. Gulliver
    Pages 241-286
  9. Oceanic Fate and Transport of Chemicals

    • Robert P. Mason
    Pages 287-333
  10. Subsurface Fate and Transport of Chemicals

    • Frank T. Barranco Jr., Samantha L. Saalfield, Frederick J. Tenbus, Brian P. Shedd
    Pages 335-368
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 369-375

About this book

What happens when a chemical is released into the environment? It diffuses, disperses, adsorbs, reacts, and/or changes state.  To predict and analyze this process, the mathematics of diffusion is applied to lakes, rivers, groundwater, the atmosphere, the oceans, and transport between these media.  A sustainable world requires a deep understanding of the transport of chemicals through the environment and how to address and harness this process.  This volume presents a succinct and in-depth introduction to this critical topic.  Featuring authoritative, peer-reviewed articles from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment represents an essential one-stop reference for an audience of researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and industry professionals.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    John S. Gulliver

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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