Introduction to environmental forensics / edited by Brian L. Murphy, Robert D. Morrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murphy, Brian, 1939- editor.

Morrison, Robert D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental forensics--Congresses.

Environmental forensics.

Forensic Sciences.

Medical Subjects:

Forensic Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (747 pages)

Edition:

3rd edition

Place of Publication:

Kidlington, England : Academic Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The third edition of <i>Introduction to Environmental Forensics</i> 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 c

Contents:

Front Cover; INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; About the Authors; SECTION I - BASIC INFORMATION; Chapter 1 - Applications of Environmental Forensics; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND/OR DELINEATION OF CONTAMINATION; 1.3 RECONSTRUCTING HISTORICAL RELEASES AND ESTABLISHING BACKGROUND; 1.4 DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ALLOCATION OF LIABILITY; 1.5 INSURANCE LITIGATION; 1.6 TOXIC TORTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 - Essential Historical Research Methods and Their Application to Environmental Forensics

2.1 INTRODUCTION2.2 HISTORICAL RESEARCH FOR SITE ASSESSMENT OR RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNMENT; 2.3 HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS FOR APPORTIONMENT AND COST ALLOCATION; 2.4 THE HISTORIAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO LIABILITY DETERMINATIONS; 2.5 THE HISTORIAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO COST ALLOCATION; 2.6 HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS FOR MATTERS OF "INTENTIONALITY"; 2.7 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 - Photogrammetry, Photointerpretation, and Digital Imaging and Mapping in Environmental Forensics; 3.1 THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD; 3.2 PRINCIPLES OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY; 3.3 PHOTOINTERPRETATION

3.4 ANALYTICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION OF EXHIBITS3.5 CASE STUDIES; 3.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 - The Measurement Process; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL ERRORS IN THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS; 4.3 PLANNING; 4.4 SAMPLING DIFFERENT MEDIA; 4.5 DATA ASSESSMENT; 4.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 - Statistical Methods; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 BACKGROUND; 5.3 APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS; 5.4 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 - Identification of Forensic Information from Existing Conventional Site-Investigation Data; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 SITE HISTORY

6.3 GEOLOGICAL DATA6.4 HYDROGEOLOGICAL DATA; 6.5 CONTAMINANT CHEMISTRY DATA; 6.6 HIGH RESOLUTION SITE CHARACTERIZATION (HRSC) DATA; 6.7 DATA REFLECTING POSTRELEASE CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATION PATTERN CHANGES; 6.8 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 - Chemical Partitioning and Transport in the Environment; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; 7.3 FUGACITY DESCRIPTION OF PARTITIONING; 7.4 MASS-TRANSFER MODELS; 7.5 THE ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; 7.6 CONCLUSION; LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES

SECTION II - CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND ISOTOPIC PATTERN-RECOGNITION METHODSChapter 8 - Hydrocarbon Fingerprinting Methods; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 OVERVIEW OF CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING METHODOLOGY; 8.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL; 8.4 VOLATILE HYDROCARBON FINGERPRINTING METHODS; 8.5 SEMIVOLATILE HYDROCARBON FINGERPRINTING METHODS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 - Source Identification and Age Dating of Chlorinated Solvents; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 PRODUCT FORMULATIONS AND DIAGNOSTIC STABILIZERS; 9.3 MANUFACTURING IMPURITIES

9.4 MANUFACTURING IMPURITIES TO DISTINGUISH NEW AND USED VAPOR DEGREASING CHLORINATED SOLVENTS

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 August 13, 2014).

ISBN:

0-12-404707-6

OCLC:

886110047