Heavy Metals in the Environment - Impact, Assessment, and Remediation (Paperback)

Heavy Metals in the Environment: Impact, Assessment, and Remediation synthesizes both fundamental concepts of heavy metal pollutants and state-of-the-art techniques and technologies for assessment and remediation. The book discusses the sources, origin and health risk assessment of heavy metals as well as the application of GIS, remote sensing and multivariate techniques in the assessment of heavy metals. The various contamination indices like contamination factor, geoaccumulation index, enrichment factor, and pollution index ecological risk index are also included to provide further context on the state of heavy metals in the environment. Covering a variety of approaches, techniques, and scenarios, this book is a key resource for environmental scientists and policymakers working to address environmental pollutants.

General

Imprint:	Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2020
First published:	2021
Editors:	Vinod Kumar • Anket Sharma • Artemi Cerda
Dimensions:	235 x 191 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-821656-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Pollution control Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > Toxicology (non-medical)
LSN:	0-12-821656-5
Barcode:	9780128216569

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