Introduction to Environmental Forensics

The third edition of Introduction to Environmental Forensics is a state-of-the-art reference for the practicing environmental forensics consultant, regulator, student, academic, and scientist, with topics including compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA), advanced multivariate statistical techniques, surrogate approaches for contaminant source identification and age dating, dendroecology, hydrofracking, releases from underground storage tanks and piping, and contaminant-transport modeling for forensic applications. Recognized international forensic scientists were selected to author chapters in their specific areas of expertise and case studies are included to illustrate the application of these methods in actual environmental forensic investigations. This edition provides updates on advances in various techniques and introduces several new topics.

Klappentext

Environmental forensics deals with questions such as: Whose hazardous waste is it? When was it placed in its present location? How did it happen? How much have people and the environment been exposed? How should liabilaty be allocated? The third edition of INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS will provide the most current coverage of issues and techniques crucial to forensic investigations of environmental disasters. It will show the evolution of the field, including topics such as chemical fingerprinting of hydrocarbons and PCBs, forensic air dispersion modeling analysis, and soil and groundwater modeling.Written by an international group of scientific specialists in order to cover this broad and important field most fully, the new volume will rely on reader feedback to focus on the most important areas for environmental professionals.INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS, third edition will be of interest to consultants, regulators, attorneys, or others whose practice involves identifying sources of pollution and allocating responsibility among multiple parties.

Zusammenfassung
"...an effective and dependable reference guide to many who research or practice in this area. It is highly recommended and would be appropriate as a professional publication for forensic scientists of all levels during their career." -- Interfaces

Inhalt

Section 1: Background Information

1. Applications of Environmental Forensics
2. Documentary Resources
3. Remote Sensing
4. The Measurement Process
5. Statistical Methods
6. Collection of Forensic Information in a Site Investigation

7. Chemical Partitioning and Transport in the Environment

   Section 2: Chemical, Biological and Isotopic Pattern Recognition Methods

8. Petroleum
9. Chlorinated Solvents
10. Congener analysis
11. Application of Stable Isotopes and Radioisotopes in Environmental Forensics
12. Soil Forensics
13. Forensic Microscopy
14. Fracking

15. Dendroecology

    Section 3: Forensic Modeling

16. Forensic Applications of Contaminant Transport Models in the Subsurface
17. Underground Storage Tanks And Piping
18. Advanced Multi-Component Analysis
19. Source Apportionment Methods
20. Receptor Modeling