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Electrochemically Assisted Remediation of Contaminated Soils - Fundamentals, Technologies, Combined Processes and Pre-Pilot and... Electrochemically Assisted Remediation of Contaminated Soils - Fundamentals, Technologies, Combined Processes and Pre-Pilot and Scale-Up Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
M. A. Rodrigo, E. V. Dos Santos
R5,199 Discovery Miles 51 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides an overview of the current development status of remediation technologies involving electrochemical processes, which are used to clean up soils that are contaminated with different types of contaminants (organics, inorganics, metalloids and radioactive). Written by internationally recognized experts, it comprises 21 chapters describing the characteristics and theoretical foundations of various electrochemical applications of soil remediation. The book's opening section discusses the fundamental properties and characteristics of the soil, which are essential to understand the processes that can most effectively remove organic and inorganic compounds. This part also focuses on the primary processes that contribute to the application of electrochemically assisted remediation, hydrodynamic aspects and kinetics of contaminants in the soil. It also reviews the techniques that have been developed for the treatment of contaminated soils using electrochemistry, and discusses different strategies used to enhance performance, the type of electrode and electrolyte, and the most important operating conditions. In turn, the book's second part deals with practical applications of technologies related to the separation of pollutants from soil. Special emphasis is given to the characteristics of these technologies regarding transport of the contaminants and soil toxicity after treatment. The third part is dedicated to new technologies, including electrokinetic remediation and hybrid approaches, for the treatment of emerging contaminants by ex-situ and in-situ production of strong oxidant species used for soil remediation. It also discusses pre-pilot scale for soil treatment and the use of solar photovoltaic panels as an energy source for powering electrochemical systems, which can reduce both the investment and maintenance costs of electrochemically assisted processes.

Threats to the Quality of Groundwater Resources - Prevention and Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Andrea Scozzari, Elissavet... Threats to the Quality of Groundwater Resources - Prevention and Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Andrea Scozzari, Elissavet Dotsika
R5,645 Discovery Miles 56 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book focuses on scientific and technological aspects of groundwater-resources assessment and surveillance. It describes relevant risks and investigates selected techniques for the monitoring and mitigation of the individuated threats to groundwater quality. The authors discuss the concepts of groundwater-resources protection and offer examples of both geogenic and anthropogenic degradation of groundwater quality, such as heavy metals from mining activities and natural water-rock interactions, as well as risk of contamination due to geological CO2 storage practices etc. The volume also covers non-invasive monitoring techniques and briefly addresses innovative sensor technologies for the online assessment of water quality. Furthermore, the role played by geochemical techniques, the potential of environmental isotopes and the support provided by physical modelling are highlighted. The chapters guide the reader through various viewpoints, according to the diverse disciplines involved, without aiming to be exhaustive, but instead picking representative topics for their relevance in the context of groundwater protection and control. This book will be of interest to advanced students, researchers, policy-makers and stakeholders at various levels.

Mining Latin America - Challenges in the Mining Industry (English, Spanish, Hardcover): Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Mining Latin America - Challenges in the Mining Industry (English, Spanish, Hardcover)
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
R3,227 Discovery Miles 32 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The mining sector is of major importance to the economy of Chile. Although dominated by copper - Chile is the world's leading producer - its production of potassium and sodium nitrate, gold, silver, rhenium, lithium iodine, molybdenum, boron and selenium, for example, is significant. Prominent representatives of the international minerals industry have contributed the papers that appear in Mining Latin America/Mineria Latinoamericana, the volume that lends its name to the conference organized by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, in association with the Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas de Chile, the Sociedad Nacional de Mineria Chilena and Latinomineria being held in Santiago de Chile in May, 1994. This book should be of interest to mining engineers, geotechnical engineers, geologists, and mineralogists.

Process and Form in Geomorphology (Paperback): David Stoddart Process and Form in Geomorphology (Paperback)
David Stoddart
R1,440 Discovery Miles 14 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Process and Form in Geomorphology marks a turning point in geomorphological research. Stoddart has brought together a team of the leading international experts to offer important new studies into the processes, theory and history of landforms, and to present a framework for taking research forward into the new millenium. Illustrated throughout, Process and Form in Geomorphology takes up the challenges of the research agenda set by Richard Chorley and offers fresh insights into his unique contribution.

Floods and Landslides - Integrated Risk Assessment (Hardcover): R. Casale, C. Margottini Floods and Landslides - Integrated Risk Assessment (Hardcover)
R. Casale, C. Margottini
R2,505 Discovery Miles 25 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book reviews the state of the art of natural disasters like floods and landslides, highlighting the possibility of safe and correct land planning and management by means of a global approach to territory. In fact, the events deriving from slope dynamics (gravitational phenomena) and fluvial dynamics (floods) are commonly triggered by the same factor (heavy rainfall), occur at the same time and are closely related. For this reason, this book analyses floods and slope stability phenomena as different aspects of the same dynamic system: the drainage basin.

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Eric Lichtfouse Sustainable Agriculture Reviews (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Eric Lichtfouse
R4,803 Discovery Miles 48 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book deals with a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. It is a discipline that addresses current issues: climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. This series gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then proposes alternative solutions.

Birds as Useful Indicators of High Nature Value Farmlands - Using Species Distribution Models as a Tool for Monitoring the... Birds as Useful Indicators of High Nature Value Farmlands - Using Species Distribution Models as a Tool for Monitoring the Health of Agro-ecosystems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Federico Morelli, Piotr Tryjanowski
R3,946 Discovery Miles 39 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book helps to establish a simple framework to identify and use bird species as a bioindicator for high nature value (HNV) farmlands. This book focuses on suitable methods for monitoring the HNV areas, and presents the results of several case studies. The chapters put forward ways to integrate ecosystems assessment, geographical information systems (GIS) and strategies for conservation of local biodiversity. An innovative framework focuses on the use of species distribution models (SDMs) in order to explore the importance of each characteristic of HNV farmlands. Furthermore, the book examines the relationships among bird species richness, land use diversity and landscape metrics at a local scale in the farmlands.

Can a Rock Grow? (Hardcover): Audrey Sauble Can a Rock Grow? (Hardcover)
Audrey Sauble
R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
New Theory and Practice of the Dimensional Oil and Gas Deposits in Fracture Reservoirs (Hardcover): Zinaida Borisenko New Theory and Practice of the Dimensional Oil and Gas Deposits in Fracture Reservoirs (Hardcover)
Zinaida Borisenko
R870 Discovery Miles 8 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Mineral Resources of Mongolia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Ochir Gerel, Franco Pirajno, Bayaraa Batkhishig, Jaroslav Dostal Mineral Resources of Mongolia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Ochir Gerel, Franco Pirajno, Bayaraa Batkhishig, Jaroslav Dostal
R4,098 Discovery Miles 40 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a brief geology, tectonic structure and metallogeny of Mongolia, central part of the giant Central Asian Orogenic Belt, and broad overview of major metallic (copper, gold, rare metals and rare earths, iron, lead and zinc, silver and platinum group), non-metallic (phosphorite and fluorspar) and fuel (uranium and coal) mineral deposits and occurrences, covering their tectonic position, metallogeny and deposit types, geological characteristics and origin, including newly found deposits and occurrences based on authors research data and a large information obtained during geological exploration work. The book is intended for professional economic geologists, for earth science students and practicing geologists.

Deciphering Mineralogy (Hardcover): John Wayne Deciphering Mineralogy (Hardcover)
John Wayne
R1,838 Discovery Miles 18 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Advances in Analytical Geochemistry, v. 2 (Hardcover): Marvin W. Rowe, Marian Hyman Advances in Analytical Geochemistry, v. 2 (Hardcover)
Marvin W. Rowe, Marian Hyman
R2,944 Discovery Miles 29 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Foot Steps of the Ancient Great Glacier of North America - A Long Lost Document of a Revolution in 19th Century Geological... Foot Steps of the Ancient Great Glacier of North America - A Long Lost Document of a Revolution in 19th Century Geological Theory (Hardcover)
Harold W. Borns, Jr., Kirk Allen Maasch
R3,919 R3,375 Discovery Miles 33 750 Save R544 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

John K. DeLaski, M.D. practiced medicine in the Penobscot Bay region of Maine and, in addition, was a naturalist with keen powers of observation. His study of the landscape led to the conclusion that a thick glacier had overtopped the highest hills, flooded all of Penobscot Bay, extended far to the east and west and probably was part of a greater continental glacier. He published these very critical field observations and inferences in numerous articles in local newspapers and magazines, and in the American Journal of Science in 1864. His work put him on the "team" of Benjamin Silliman, James D. Dana and Louis Agassiz as an advocate for glaciation as the regional land shaping force opposed to that of the Biblical Deluge, a major scientific conflict of the day both in North America and Europe. He remained a shadowy player, in the background, but clearly contributed critical observations to the argument through personal interactions with Agassiz and other prominent naturalists. They incorporated DeLaski's observations into their own presentations, often without giving him credit. John DeLaski's summary work, a 400 page handwritten manuscript for the book, "The Ancient Great Glacier of North America", was dated 1869. He died in 1874 and the book was not published. The historic significance of DeLaski's unpublished book is based upon its startling contribution to one of the major scientific questions of the day of whether the surficial geology of northern U.S. and Canada was caused by the actions of the Biblical Flood or by continental glaciation. If published, this would have been the first book on this continent, at least, to present a holistic discussion of the controversy in which he presented his critical observations of the surficial geology in Maine, southern New England and New Brunswick, Canada and concluded that these depositional and erosional features must be of glacial origin. DeLaski then incorporated other evidence into the book for glaciation reported by others from the region during a decade or two, and from the mid and far west and Canada to advocate that the entire region was covered by an ice sheet that was at least 5,000 feet and probably much thicker over interior northern U.S. and Canada and which terminated along a glacial margin which extended from southern new England as far westward along the courses of the Ohio, and Missouri Rivers. All this was done while most "naturalists" still advocated the Biblical Flood to explain the major components of the surficial geology in North America and abroad. DeLaski's book containing his critical observations of clearly so many landscape features of glacial origin, if published would have been a pivotal document that would have strongly supported those arguing for glaciations in the glaciations vs. flood international argument.

Tectonics - Problems of Regional Settings (Hardcover): Evgenii V. Sharkov Tectonics - Problems of Regional Settings (Hardcover)
Evgenii V. Sharkov
R3,330 Discovery Miles 33 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Principles of Geotourism (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Anze Chen, Yunting Lu, Young C.Y. Ng The Principles of Geotourism (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Anze Chen, Yunting Lu, Young C.Y. Ng
R1,550 Discovery Miles 15 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book introduces tourism earth-science as a new scientific discipline by applying the principles of earth-science in the study of natural and human tourism resources. It involves studying the geo-scientific characteristics of these tourism resources through surveys, evaluation and aesthetic value assessment. It also discusses about the principles behind geopark establishment and management. It is an important publication providing direction for geopark and tourism developments in China. The book is a tool for geological heritage survey, assessment and research. It can also be used to assist planning of geopark, national parks, heritage protection and scientific interpretation. It is a valuable teaching material for teachers and students of geoscience and tourism as well as providing useful guidance for geopark managers and tour guides in their operation. In addition, the book also offers scientific knowledge of the surrounding natural and cultural landscapes to the public and the general visitors.

Hazard Analysis of Seismic Soil Liquefaction (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Yu Huang, Miao Yu Hazard Analysis of Seismic Soil Liquefaction (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Yu Huang, Miao Yu
R3,678 Discovery Miles 36 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Phytoremediation - Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 5 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Abid A Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh... Phytoremediation - Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 5 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Abid A Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Ritu Gill, Guy R Lanza, Lee Newman
R6,688 Discovery Miles 66 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, "phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants. Many chapters highlight and compare the efficiency and economic advantages of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil and water treatment practices. Volume 5 of Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants provides the capstone of the series. Taken together, the five volumes provide a broad-based global synopsis of the current applications of phytoremediation using plants and the microbial communities associated with their roots to decontaminate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lithostratigraphy of Iran (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Mansour Ghorbani Lithostratigraphy of Iran (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Mansour Ghorbani
R2,909 Discovery Miles 29 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book discusses the entire lithostratigraphy of Iran from the Proterozoic to recent. This unique book manages to elucidate the stratigraphy of Iran, after an exhausting and long-term process; the creation of a comprehensive stratigraphic framework required input from many Iranian specialist stratigraphers - a process which will be ongoing in the future. However, the main purpose of this work is to provide a concise summary of the state of the art of the lithostratigraphy for Iranian formations. The geology of the various sedimentary basins is described for each geological time period, together with the constituent lithostratigraphic units. The available stratigraphic data are summarized in tables, providing all relevant references. Finally, the book presents the spatial and temporal distribution of the various formations, together with their geographic locations, type sections and lithological composition.

Chinese Water Systems - Volume 1: Liaohe and Songhuajiang River Basins (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Yonghui Song, Beidou Xi, Yuan... Chinese Water Systems - Volume 1: Liaohe and Songhuajiang River Basins (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Yonghui Song, Beidou Xi, Yuan Zhang, Kun Lei, Richard Williams, …
R1,622 Discovery Miles 16 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book describes the huge efforts by the Chinese Government concerning the restoration and future sustainable management of Chinese water systems. It presents the results of a Sino-European joint project concerning the Songhuajiang-Liaohe River Basin (SLRB) in Northeast China conducted by the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany, and the Natural Environment Research Council as represented by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), UK. The book explains in great detail the development of risk assessment and corresponding management methods for (i) controlling water pollution, (ii) assessing river health and ecological restoration options, (iii) characterizing persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and (iv) protecting fragile groundwater resources. It also describes the implemented demonstration sites of SLRB during the project course as well as lessons learnt on efficient project management and the dissemination of knowledge and technologies.

Sediment Matters (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Peter Heininger, Johannes Cullmann Sediment Matters (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Peter Heininger, Johannes Cullmann
R3,967 R3,424 Discovery Miles 34 240 Save R543 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents insights into the complex processes controlling sediment behavior in river basins and into state of the art integrated sediment management concepts. Main topics are: sediment transport, modelling sediment transfer in rivers, sediment quality, sediment monitoring and integrated sediment management at catchment scale. Interlinkages of sediment dynamics and quality with biogeochemistry, ecology, climate change and human activities are discussed. Drivers, boundary conditions and processes of erosion, sediment transport and sedimentation are presented with the aim to help the reader putting sediment quantity and quality issues into perspective.

Nitrogen and Climate Change - An Explosive Story (Hardcover): D Reay Nitrogen and Climate Change - An Explosive Story (Hardcover)
D Reay
R2,509 R1,863 Discovery Miles 18 630 Save R646 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The world is changing. Human population is surging towards 10 billion, food, water, climate and energy security are all at risk. Nitrogen could be our life raft in this global 'perfect storm'. Get it right and it can help to feed billions, fuel our cars and put a dent in global warming. Get it wrong and it will make things a whole lot worse.

Processes in GeoMedia-Volume III (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Tatiana Chaplina Processes in GeoMedia-Volume III (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Tatiana Chaplina
R3,648 Discovery Miles 36 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents the findings of recent theoretical and experimental studies of processes in the atmosphere, oceans and lithosphere, discussing their interactions, environmental issues, geology, problems related to human impacts on the environment, and methods of geophysical research. It particularly focuses on the geomechanical aspects of the production of hydrocarbons, including the laborious extraction of oils. Furthermore, it includes contributions on ecological problems of the biosphere. This book corresponds to the English edition of the "Processes in GeoMedia," a Russian academic journal focused on new theoretical and experimental studies of the Earth's processes.

Chile - Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, Government, Social Condition, Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Commerce, &c.,... Chile - Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, Government, Social Condition, Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Commerce, &c., &c. (Hardcover)
J M (James Melville) 1811 Gilliss, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard) Saville, Heye F Museum of the American Indian
R1,136 Discovery Miles 11 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Geochemical Modelling of Igneous Processes - Principles And Recipes in R Language - Bringing the Power of R to a Geochemical... Geochemical Modelling of Igneous Processes - Principles And Recipes in R Language - Bringing the Power of R to a Geochemical Community (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Vojtech Janousek, Jean-Francois Moyen, Herve Martin, Vojtech Erban, Colin Farrow
R4,099 Discovery Miles 40 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The aim of this book is to unlock the power of the freeware R language to advanced university students and researchers dealing with whole-rock geochemistry of (meta-) igneous rocks. The first part covers data input/output, calculation of commonly used indexes and plotting in R. The core of the book then focusses on the presentation and practical implementations of modelling techniques used for fingerprinting processes such as partial melting, fractional crystallization, binary mixing or AFC using major-, trace-element and radiogenic isotope data. The reader will be given a firm theoretical basis for forward/reverse modelling, followed by exercises dealing with typical problems likely to be encountered in real life, and their solutions using R. The concluding sections demonstrate, using practical examples, how a researcher can proceed in developing a realistic model simulating natural systems. The appendices outline the fundamentals of the R language and provide a quick introduction to the open-source R-package GCDkit for interpretation of whole-rock geochemical data from igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Soil Liquid Phase Composition (Hardcover, 1st ed): V. V Snakin, A. A. Prisyazhnaya, E. Kovacs-Lang Soil Liquid Phase Composition (Hardcover, 1st ed)
V. V Snakin, A. A. Prisyazhnaya, E. Kovacs-Lang
R4,954 Discovery Miles 49 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The liquid phase of soil (soil solution) is a very thin, penetrating and all-embracing water layer. It has the most extensive surface among the biosphere components and interacts with all these components. Presented in this work is a new complex approach developed for soil liquid phase investigation that is based on "in situ" measurements. Investigation of the soil liquid phase can be of great significance in environmental research.


This volume sums up the vast experience of the authors' research into soil liquid phase composition in various ecosystems of Central and Eastern Europe. It describes the methodological basics of soil liquid phase research: methods of soil solution extraction, the main problems of application of ion-selective electrodes for immediate "in situ" assessment of ionic activity in soil liquid phase and redox potential, and ways to overcome those problems. Data are presented on soil liquid phase composition in natural and agricultural ecosystems, their redox, pH, carbonate and other regimes as well as the relations between the composition of the soil liquid phase and different ecological properties.


This work is devoted to the pursuit of new approaches to soil liquid phase analysis with a goal of discovering the role of soil liquid phase in the functioning of natural and agricultural ecosystems in recent soil-formation, formation of primary biological production, and in bio-geochemical turnover of elements. It includes new field investigation data as well as all data generalization carried out by means of a special complex database (developed by the authors) on soil liquid phase composition and other soil-ecological properties in various ecosystems in Central and Eastern Europe.


This book is the first English edition that integrally considers both methodological aspects and results of investigation of composition, formation, dynamics, spatial heterogeneity, and interrelations of soil liquid phase with other components of ecosystems. Soil scientists, agricultural chemists and ecologists will find this title of great interest.

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