Contaminated sediments in freshwater systems /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Spellman, Frank R
Published: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Item Description: "A CRC title."
Carrier Form: xxiv, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781498775175 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
1498775179 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: TD427
CLC: X522
Call Number: X522/S743
Contents: Sect. I. Sediment fundamentals. Transformation from mountain to sediment -- Setting the stage -- Surface water sediments -- Sediment properties -- Erosion -- Transport of sediment by water -- Sediment yield -- sect. II. Sediment damage. Yellow boy -- Physical sediment damage -- Biologically contaminated sediment -- Chemically contaminated sediments -- sect. III. Sediment sampling. Sampling sediments -- Collection of porewater -- Sediment physicochemical characteristics.