Environmental Chemistry from a Nutrient Cycle Perspective (Senior or Graduate Level)

Environmental Chemistry

ONeill, P

1998 3rd Edition, Blackie Academic & Professional (Chapman & Hall) www.finechemistry.com

ISBN 0 7514 0483 7

Table of content

1. The Oxygen-Rich Planet

- History of the Earth

- Oxygen

2. Major Elements Found in Living Matter

- Hydrogen

- Carbon

- Nitrogen

- Sulfur

- Phosphorus

3. Major Elements in the Earth’s Crust

- Silicon

- Iron

- Aluminium

- Calcium and Magnesium

- Sodium and Potassium

4. Minor Elements and Environmental Problems

- Lead

- Mercury

- Zinc and Cadmium

- Uranium

- Radon

- Hazardous Organic Compounds