Heavy Metals in the Environment

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-12-821656-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, Vinod

Sharma, Anket

Cerda, Artemi

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Toxikologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Luftreinhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Heavy metals in the Ecosystem; Sources and their effects 2. Chemistry of Heavy metals in the environment 3. Geochemical background of heavy metals in the environment 4. Monitoring and Impact Assessment Approaches of heavy metals 5. Heavy metal contamination indices and ecological risk assessment index to assess metal pollution status in different soils 6. Combination of contamination indices and ecological risk assessment index for evaluation of pollution level in sediments 7. Use of multivariate statistical techniques to determine the source apportionment of heavy metals in soils and sediments 8. Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in different soils and sediments 9. Assessment of water quality using different pollution indices and multivariate statistical techniques 10. Heavy metal contamination in water and its possible sources 11. Application of GIS and remote sensing in heavy metal assessment 12. Remediation and detection techniques for heavy metals in the environment

Über Autor(innen)

Kumar, Vinod
Vinod Kumar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Environmental Studies at DAV University. Dr. Kumar has more than 70 research articles to his credit. He completed his Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University. His area of interest is assessment of soil, water and sediment pollution, remote sensing, phyto-sociology, system modeling, and multivariate statistical techniques.

Cerda, Artemi
Artemi Cerdà is a Professor in Physical Geography who has developed his research at the University of València, University of Amsterdam, Bar-Ilan University, and the Spanish Council for Scientific Research. Dr. Cerdà also develops research exchanges with the United States Forest Service and United States Geological Service, Swansea University, Michigan Technological University and The University of Melbourne. Since 2011 he has been the President of the Soil System Sciences Division of the European Geoscience Union. He was also Editor-in-Chief of Land Degradation and Development from 2012 until 2017.

Sharma, Anket
Anket Sharma is currently working as a Visiting Research Scientist at University of Maryland, College Park, USA & as an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China. Dr. Sharma has more than 100 research articles to his credit. Dr. Sharma Completed his M.Phil and Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.