Environmental forensics : proceedings of the 2014 INEF Conference / edited by Gwen O'Sullivan, David Megson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Sullivan, Gwen, editor.

Megson, David, editor.

Series:

Special publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)) ; Number 350.

Special Publication ; Number 350

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental forensics--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.

Summary:

The proceedings of International Network of Environmental Forensics, Cambridge Conference 2014 held at St John's College, Cambridge, UK on 4-6 August, 2014.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Interaction between the regulator and practitioners in the field of environmental investigations; An introduction to a multiparameter approach to improve the reliability of environmental crime evidence; Environmental litigation issues in Taiwan and the forensics strategies of chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated sites; Forensic investigations in a PCB case: potential pitfalls and tips; Use of symmetric tetrachloroethane to age date chlorinated solvent releases; A forensic methodology for investigating chlorinated solvent releases from a dry cleaner

13C and δ37Cl on gas-phase TCE for source identification investigation - Innovative solvent-based sampling method Characterisation and modeling of dust in a semi-arid construction environment; Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an urban soil dataset; Statistics of lost historical coal tar PAH contamination in soils and sediments; Micro-bubbles oxygen injection in groundwater contaminated by organic biodegradable compounds and metals; Heavy metals (lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel and zinc) contamination in selected electronic waste dumpsites in Lagos, Nigeria

Evidence for acid mine drainage in an urban stream in the West MidandsA Practical Evaluation of Petrogenic and Biogenic Methane Sources in the Context of Redevelopment and Explosive Hazard Management in Los Angeles, California; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 11, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78262-507-0