Van der Perk M. Soil and Water Contamination: From Molecular to Catchment Scale

Taylor & Francis, 2006. — 389 p. — ISBN: 0415409438This textbook provides an overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contamination, in such a way that the reader can both understand and predict contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater, and surface water.
In contract to most existing texts, soil and water pollution are treated as integrated environmental matter from a geographical/spatial perspective at point, local, regional, and catchment scales. The spatial approach links up with recent developments and trends in environmental legislation and other integrated catchment management initiatives.
It consists of four coherent parts:
Introduction to soil and water contamination;
Source, role, and behavior of substances in soil and water;
Transport and fate processes of substances in soil and water;
Patterns of substances in soil and water.
Intended for undergraduate and graduate students in Earth and Environmental Sciences, who understand the fundamentals of chemistry, hydrology and soil science; may also serve as a useful reference for professionals.An introduction to soil and water contamination
General introduction
Basic environmental chemistry
Environmental compartments
Sources, role, and behaviour of substances in soil and water
Solid phase constituents
Major dissolved phase constituents
Nutrients
Heavy metals
Radionuclides
Organic pollutants
Transport processes of substances in soil and water
Systems and models
Substance transport
Sediment transport and deposition
Chemical transformation
Gas exchange
Model calibration and validation
Patterns of substances in soil and water
Patterns in the soil and in the vadose zone
Patterns in groundwater
Patterns in surface water