Screen LibraryArsenic contamination of groundwater mechanism, analysis, and remediation /
Provides a viable reference, describing the state-of-knowledge on sources of arsenic contamination in ground water, which affects about 100 million people worldwide.; With contributions from world-renowned experts in the field, this book explores developments in the transport kinetics, detection, me...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470371046 |
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Provides a viable reference, describing the state-of-knowledge on sources of arsenic contamination in ground water, which affects about 100 million people worldwide.; With contributions from world-renowned experts in the field, this book explores developments in the transport kinetics, detection, measurement, seasonal cycling, accumulation, geochemistry, removal, and toxicology of arsenic.; Includes compelling case studies describing how arsenic contamination occurs and the devastating effects on the people and environment affected by it. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 387 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780470369265 0470369264 9780470371046 0470371048 128183131X 9781281831316 |
| Index Number: | TD427 |
| CLC: | X523 |
| Contents: | Cover -- CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 The Problem of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater -- 2 Fate of Arsenic in Irrigation Water and Its Potential Impact on the Food Chain -- 3 Microbial Controls on the Geochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Groundwater Systems -- 4 Molecular Detection of Dissimilatory Arsenate-Respiring Bacteria in North Carolina Groundwater -- 5 Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Arsenic Mobilization and Sequestration -- 6 Geomicrobiology of Iron and Arsenic in Anoxic Sediments -- 7 Development of Measurement Technologies for Low-Cost, Reliable, Rapid, On-Site Determin |