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In this updated and expanded second edition, new literature has
been added on contaminant fate in the soil-subsurface environment.
In particular, more data on the behavior of inorganic contaminants
and on engineered nanomaterials were included, the latter
comprising a group of emerging contaminants that may reach the soil
and subsurface zones.
New chapters are devoted to a new perspective of contaminant
geochemistry, namely irreversible changes in pristine land and
subsurface systems following chemical contamination. Two chapters
were added on this topic, focusing attention on the impact of
chemical contaminants on the matrix and properties of both liquid
and solid phases of soil and subsurface domains. Contaminant
impacts on irreversible changes occurring in groundwater are
discussed and their irreversible changes on the porous medium solid
phase are surveyed. In contrast to the geological time scale
controlling natural changes of porous media liquid and solid
phases, the time scale associated with chemical pollutant induced
changes is far shorter and extends over a human lifetime scale
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This book combines soil science, earth science, and environmental
geochemistry, providing comprehensive background information for
specialists interested in chemical-induced changes in the
soil-subsurface system. Readers are introduced to the chemistry of
contaminants that often disturb the natural soil-subsurface
equilibrium as a result of human activity. While the
soil-subsurface system has in many cases been affected by human
impact, the effects of chemical contaminants on the actual matrix
and properties have been largely neglected. The major focus of the
book is on changes to the soil-subsurface matrix and properties
caused by chemical pollution. By integrating results available in
the literature, we observe that chemical pollutants may lead to the
irreversible formation of a new soil-subsurface regime
characterized by a matrix and properties different than those of
the natural regime. In contrast to the geological time scales
dictating natural changes to the matrix and properties of the
soil-subsurface system, the time scale associated with chemical
pollutant-induced changes is far shorter and extends over a "human
lifetime scale." The numerous examples presented in the book
confirm that chemical contamination should be considered as an
additional factor in the formation of a contemporary
soil-subsurface regime that is different than that of the pristine
system.
In this updated and expanded second edition, new literature has
been added on contaminant fate in the soil-subsurface environment.
In particular, more data on the behavior of inorganic contaminants
and on engineered nanomaterials were included, the latter
comprising a group of “emerging contaminants” that may reach
the soil and subsurface zones. New chapters are devoted to a new
perspective of contaminant geochemistry, namely irreversible
changes in pristine land and subsurface systems following chemical
contamination. Two chapters were added on this topic, focusing
attention on the impact of chemical contaminants on the matrix and
properties of both liquid and solid phases of soil and subsurface
domains. Contaminant impacts on irreversible changes occurring in
groundwater are discussed and their irreversible changes on the
porous medium solid phase are surveyed. In contrast to the
geological time scale controlling natural changes of porous media
liquid and solid phases, the time scale associated with chemical
pollutant induced changes is far shorter and extends over a
“human lifetime scale”.
This book combines soil science, earth science, and environmental
geochemistry, providing comprehensive background information for
specialists interested in chemical-induced changes in the
soil-subsurface system. Readers are introduced to the chemistry of
contaminants that often disturb the natural soil-subsurface
equilibrium as a result of human activity. While the
soil-subsurface system has in many cases been affected by human
impact, the effects of chemical contaminants on the actual matrix
and properties have been largely neglected. The major focus of the
book is on changes to the soil-subsurface matrix and properties
caused by chemical pollution. By integrating results available in
the literature, we observe that chemical pollutants may lead to the
irreversible formation of a new soil-subsurface regime
characterized by a matrix and properties different than those of
the natural regime. In contrast to the geological time scales
dictating natural changes to the matrix and properties of the
soil-subsurface system, the time scale associated with chemical
pollutant-induced changes is far shorter and extends over a "human
lifetime scale." The numerous examples presented in the book
confirm that chemical contamination should be considered as an
additional factor in the formation of a contemporary
soil-subsurface regime that is different than that of the pristine
system.
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