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Textbooks for Environmental Chemistry Texts for Environmental Chemistry (Senior and Graduate Levels) Understanding Our Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Chemistry and Pollution Harrison, R.M. 1999. 3rd Edition, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 0 85404 584 8 Table of content 1. Introduction 2. The Atmosphere - The Global Atmosphere - Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion of Pollutants - Emission to Atmosphere and Air Quality - Gas Phase Reactions and Photochemical Ozone - Particles and Acid Deposition 3. Freshwaters - Introduction - Fundamentals of Aquatic Chemistry - Case Studies 4. The Oceanic Environment - Introduction - Seawater Composition and Chemistry - Dissolved Gases - Suspended Particles and Marine Sediments - Physical and Chemical Processes in Estuaries - Marine Contamination and Pollution 5. Land Contamination and Reclamation - Introduction - Soil: Formation, Constituents, and Properties - Sources of Land Contaminants - Characteristics of Some Major Groups of Land Contaminants - Possible Hazards from Contaminated Land - Methods of Site Investigation - Interpretation of Site Investigation Data - Reclamation of Contaminated Land - Case Studies 6. Environmental Cycling of Pollutants - Introduction to Biogeochemical Cycling - Rates of Transfer Between Environmental Compartments - Transfers in Aquatic Systems - Biogeochemical Cycles - Environmental Partitioning 7. Environmental Monitoring Strategies - Objectives - Types of Monitoring - Sampling Methods - Modeling of Environmental Dispersion - Duration and Extent of Survey - Prerequisites for Monitoring - Remote Sensing of Pollutant - Presentation of Data 8. Ecological and Health Effects of Chemical Pollutants - Introduction - Toxicity: E-R Relationships - Exposure - Absorption - Internal Pathways - Ecological Risk Assessment - Biomarkers - Effect of Air Pollution on Plants - Ecological Effects of Acid Deposition - Forest Decline - Effects of Pollutants on Reproduction and Development - Hydrocarbons in the Marine Environment - Health Effects of Metal Pollution 9. Managing Environmental Quality - Introduction - Objectives, Standards, and Limits - Legislation to Control and Prevent Pollution - Pollution Control Agencies - Economic Instruments for Managing Pollution - Public and Commercial Pressures to Improve the Environment |
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