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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fränzle, Otto
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; London : Springer-Verlag, ©1993.
Series:Springer series in physical environment ; 13.
Subjects:
Environmental chemistry.
Pollutants.
Air > Pollution.
Environmental Pollutants
Chimie de l'environnement.
Polluants.
pollutants.
Terrestrisches Ökosystem
Umweltverschmutzung
Chimie de l'atmosphère.
Interaction sol-atmosphère.
Sols > Pollution.
Environment > Pollutants
milieu
verontreinigende stoffen
pollutants
verontreiniging
pollution
nadelige gevolgen
adverse effects
ecosystemen
ecosystems
bodem
soil
uitspoelen
leaching
koolwaterstoffen
hydrocarbons
organische scheikunde
organic chemistry
Environmental Pollution
Milieuverontreiniging
Online Access:Table of contents
1850-9999
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION: Man and environment
  • Technical chemistry and ecology
  • BASIC CHEMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES: Exposure and effect criteria of chemicals
  • Stability of ecosystems
  • Biota resilience versus chemical persistence
  • Model ecosystems and related definitions of environmental toxicity of chemicals
  • FLUXES OF ANTHROPOGENIC CHEMICALS IN THE ATMOSPHERE: Natural and anthropogenic sources of potential pollutants
  • Transport and dispersion
  • Physical transformation processes
  • Chemical transformation processes
  • Deposition
  • Deposition of gases
  • Removal of air-borne metals by wet and dry deposition
  • FLUXES OF CHEMICALS IN THE SOIL-VEGETATION COMPLEX: Energy and water balances as boundary conditions
  • Impacts of environmental chemicals on vegetation
  • Pollutant impact on materials
  • Interactions of environmental chemicals with soil and subsoil.