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Transfer Processes in Cohesive Sediment Systems

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. W. R. Parker

    1. Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
      Taunton, UK

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  2. D. J. J. Kinsman

    1. Freshwater Biological Association, Cumbria, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Particle Properties and Characterisation

    1. A New Perspective of Several Approaches to Clay/Electrolyte Studies

      • V. W. Truesdale, C. Neal, A. G. Thomas
      Pages 1-16

    2. The Heterogeneous Distribution of Anions and Water Around a Clay Surface with Special Reference to Estuarine Systems

      • A. G. Thomas, V. W. Truesdale, C. Neal
      Pages 17-29

    3. Humic Substances and the Surface Properties of Iron Oxides in Freshwaters

      • E. Tipping
      Pages 31-46

    4. Sample Pretreatment and Size Analysis of Poorly-Sorted Cohesive Sediments by Sieve and Electronic Particle Counter

      • D. I. Little, M. F. Staggs, S. S. C. Woodman
      Pages 47-74

    5. Size Distributions of Suspended Material in the Surface Waters of an Estuary as Measured by Laser Fraunhofer Diffraction

      • A. J. Bale, A. W. Morris, R. J. M. Howland
      Pages 75-85

    6. Detecting Compositional Variations in Fine-Grained Sediments by Transmission Electron Microanalysis

      • P. J. Kershaw
      Pages 87-108

  4. Microbiological Effects

    1. Autotrophic Iron-Oxidising Bacteria from the River Tamar

      • F. J. Cameron, E. I. Butler, M. V. Jones, C. Edwards
      Pages 197-214

    2. Nitrogen Cycling Bacteria and Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen in Intertidal Estuarine Sediments

      • N. J. P. Owens, W. D. P. Stewart
      Pages 215-229

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 231-239
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About this book

In the transfer of chemical species through the aquatic environment the association with fine sediment particles is often of crucial importance. The n~ture, permanence and kinetics of this association is, in many cases, unknown yet it is central to any effort concerned with predicting the pathways of pollutant transfer and the fluxes along them. It is often unclear to precisely what surface, if any, a pollutant is attached. The transfer of species between surfaces and solution may be chemically or biochemically controlled. These processes may take place within a host framework which has a time and space dependent structure. The natural straining of this framework resulting from physical and chemical processes moves porewater and the dissolved species in it. Thus, to adequately predict the natural transfer of species within a cohesive sediment system the physical, biochemical and chemical processes must be dynamically coupled. This informal colloquium examined topics relevant to the associ­ ation of pollutant and sediment. These included the mineral particle surfaces and the surrounding ionic associations, methods of describing the particles and the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological processes operating in association with fine sediment substrates. The physical processes of sediment transport were deliberately excluded.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

    W. R. Parker

  • Taunton, UK

    W. R. Parker

  • Freshwater Biological Association, Cumbria, UK

    D. J. J. Kinsman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transfer Processes in Cohesive Sediment Systems

  • Editors: W. R. Parker, D. J. J. Kinsman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4763-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4765-1Published: 22 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4763-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 239

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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