Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Chemical fate and transport in the environment

MAP20070022186

Chemical fate and transport in the environment / Harold F. Hemond, Elizabeth J. Fechner. — San Diego [etc.] : Academic Press, cop. 1994

XI,338 p. : il. ; 24 cm

Sumario: Basic concepts (Chemical mass and concentration. Mass balance and the control volume. Physical transport of chemicals. Mass balance in an infinitely small control volume. Units, error and uncertainty. Basic environmental chemistry. Chemical distribution among phases) -- Surface waters (Introduction to surface waters. Psysical transport in surface waters. Air-water exchange. Chemical and biological characteristics of surface waters. Biotic chemical transformations. Abiotic chemical transformations. ) -- The subsurface environment (Psysics of groundwater movement. Flow in the unsaturated zone. The flow of nonaqueous phase liquids. Retardation. Biodegradation) -- The atmosphere (Introduction to the atmosphere. Atmospheric stability. Circulation of the atmosphere. Transport of chemicals in the atmosphere. Psysical removal of chemicals from the atmosphere. Atmospheric chemical reactions. Global change: the greenhouse effect) -- Appendix: Dimensions and units for environmental quantities

ISBN 0-12-340270-0

1. Aguas superficiales . 2. Contaminación del agua . 3. Contaminantes químicos . 4. Modelos matemáticos . 5. Ejercicios . 6. Aguas subterráneas . 7. Contaminación atmosférica . 8. Casos prácticos . I. Fechner, Elizabeth J. . II. Title.

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