Heavy metals in soils / edited by Brian J. Alloway.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alloway, B. J.

Series:

Environmental pollution (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 22.

Environmental pollution ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soils--Heavy metal content.

Soils.

Heavy metals--Environmental aspects.

Heavy metals.

Soil pollution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (614 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book covers the general principles of the occurrence, analysis, soil chemical behaviour and soil-plant-animal aspects of heavy metals and metalloids, followed by more detailed coverage of 21 elements: antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, silver, thallium, tin, tungsten, uranium, vanadium and zinc. This third edition of the book has been completely rewritten by mainly new authors and is now divided into three sections: 1: Basic Principles 2: Key Heavy Metals and Metalloids 3: Other Heavy Metals and Metalloids of Potential Environmental Significance The scope has been widened with four new chapters in Section 1 dealing with toxicity in soil organisms, soil-plant relationships, heavy metals and metalloids as micronutrients for plants and/or animals, and the modelling of critical loads of heavy metals for use in risk assessment and environmental legislation. This book will be of great value to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scientists and professionals in environmental science, soil science, geochemistry, agronomy, environmental health and environmental engineering, including specialists responsible for the management and clean-up of contaminated land.

Contents:

Preface

Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Section 1: Basic Principles: Introduction.-Sources of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soils

Chemistry of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soils

Methods for the Determination of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soils

Effects of Heavy Metals and Metalloids on Soil Organisms

Soil-Plant Relationships of Heavy Metals and Metalloids

Heavy Metals and Metalloids as Micronutrients for Plants and Animals.-Critical Loads of Heavy Metals for Soils

Section 2: Key Heavy Metals And Metalloids: Arsenic

Cadmium

Chromium and Nickel

Cobalt and Manganese

Copper.-Lead

Mercury

Selenium

Zinc

Section 3: Other Heavy Metals And Metalloids Of Potential Environmental Significance: Antimony

Barium

Gold

Molybdenum

Silver

Thallium

Tin

Tungsten

Uranium

Vanadium

Glossary of Specialized Terms

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-52987-4

9786613842329

94-007-4470-6

OCLC:

806203836