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Pollutants in Porous Media

The Unsaturated Zone Between Soil Surface and Groundwater

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. B. Yaron

    1. Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Institute of Soils and Water, Bet-Dagan, Israel

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  2. G. Dagan

    1. Faculty of Engineering, University of Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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  3. J. Goldshmid

    1. Environmental Engineering and Design Corporation, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 47)

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Modeling of Pollutants Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introductory Comments

      • G. Dagan
      Pages 2-3

    3. Tracing Parcels of Water and Solutes in Unsaturated Zones

      • P. A. C. Raats
      Pages 4-16

    4. Solute Transport in Soil at Field Scale

      • G. Dagan, E. Bresler
      Pages 17-26

    5. Migration of Organic Fluids Immiscible with Water in the Unsaturated Zone

      • F. Schwille
      Pages 27-48

  3. Behavior of Inorganic Chemicals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Introductory Comments

      • B. Yaron
      Pages 50-51

    3. Pollution of the Unsaturated Zone with Nitrate

      • P. F. Pratt, W. A. Jury
      Pages 52-67

    4. Behavior of Phosphates in the Unsaturated Zone

      • Y. Avnimelech
      Pages 68-78

    5. Unsaturated Zone Pollution by Heavy Metals

      • G. Matthess
      Pages 79-93

    6. Effect of Acid Rain on Soil and Groundwater in Sweden

      • G. Jacks, G. Knutsson, L. Maxe, A. Fylkner
      Pages 94-114

    7. Heavy Metal Pollution of Natural Surface Soils Due to Long-Distance Atmospheric Transport

      • E. Steinnes
      Pages 115-122

  4. Behavior of Organic Compounds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Introductory Comments

      • B. Yaron
      Pages 124-125

    3. Chemical Nature and Reactivities of Soil Organic Polymers

      • M. H. B. Hayes
      Pages 126-142

    4. Behavior of Pesticides in the Unsaturated Zone Adsorption and Transport Phenomena

      • R. Calvet
      Pages 143-152

    5. Nonbiological Degradation of Pesticides in the Unsaturated Zone

      • S. Saltzman, U. Mingelgrin
      Pages 153-161

    6. The Effect of Solid Organic Components of Sewage on Some Properties of the Unsaturated Zones

      • B. Yaron, A. J. Vinten, P. Fine, L. Metzger, U. Mingelgrin
      Pages 162-181

  5. Biological Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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The unsaturated zone is the medium through which pollutants move from the soil surface to groundwater. Polluting substances are subjected to complex physical, chemical and biological transformations while moving through the unsaturated zone and their displacement depends on the transport properties of the water-air­ porous medium system. Pollution caused by human activities, agriculture, and industry, has brought about a growing interest in the role of the unsaturated zone in groundwater pollution. Due to the complexity and the multidisciplinary nature of the subject, it is being investigated by specialists from various scientific disciplines, such as soil physicists, chemists, biologists, and environmental engineers. This state of affairs has motivated the initiative taken by the Water Quality Commissions of IUPAC (the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) and IAHS (the International Association of Hydrological Sciences) to convene an international workshop, which was organized and hosted by the Institute of Soils and Water of the Agricultural Research Organization in Bet­ Dagan, Israel in March 1983. The lecturers at the workshop were an invited group of specialists who are engaged in studying the many facets of the unsaturated zone, and the present book is a selection of their presentations. Each chapter of the book relates to a different aspect of the unsaturated zone.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Institute of Soils and Water, Bet-Dagan, Israel

    B. Yaron

  • Faculty of Engineering, University of Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    G. Dagan

  • Environmental Engineering and Design Corporation, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    J. Goldshmid

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