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Introduction to Environmental Forensics helps readers unravel the complexities of environmental pollution cases. It outlines techniques for identifying the source of a contaminant release, when the release occurred, and the extent of human exposure. Written by leading experts in environmental invest...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Murphy, Brian, 1939-, Morrison, Robert D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, [2007]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Environmental forensics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1
  • Applications of Environmental Forensics
  • Brian L. Murphy
  • Chapter 2
  • Site History: The First Tool of the Environmental Forensics Team
  • Shelley Bookspan, A.J. Gravel, and Julie Corley
  • Chapter 3
  • Photogrammetry, photointerpretation, and Digital Imaging and Mapping in Environmental Forensics
  • James I. Ebert
  • Chapter 4
  • The Measurement Process
  • Dallas Wait and Charles Ramsey
  • Chapter 5
  • Statistical Methods
  • Thomas D. Gauthier and Mark Hawley
  • Chapter 6
  • Statistical Tools for Ratio Data
  • Michael E. Ginevan
  • Chapter 7
  • Principal Components Analysis and Receptor Models in Environmental Forensics
  • Glenn W. Johnson, Robert Ehrlich, William Full and Scott Ramos
  • Chapter 8
  • Recepter Models for Source Apportionment of Suspended Particles
  • John G. Watson and Judith C. Chow
  • Chapter 9
  • Chemical Fingerprinting Methods
  • Gregory S. Douglas, Stephen D. Emsbo-Mattingly, Scott A. Stout, Allen D. Uhler, and Kevin J. McCarthy
  • Chapter 10
  • Application of Stable Isotopes and Radio Isotopes in Environmental Forensics
  • R. Paul Philp and Emilie Jarď
  • Chapter 11
  • Forensic Applications of Contaminant Transport Models in the Subsurface
  • Ashok Katyal and Robert D. Morrison
  • Chapter 12
  • Forensic Air Dispersion Modeling and Analysis
  • Bruce A. Egan and Brian L. Murphy
  • Chapter 13
  • Environmental Forensic Microscopy
  • James R. Millette and Richard S. Brown
  • Chapter 14
  • Applications of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) in Environmental Forensic Studies
  • A. Mohamad Ghazi, PhD
  • Chapter 15
  • Emerging Forensic Techniques
  • Jean-Christopher Balouet, Gil Oudijk, Ioana Petrisor, and Robert Morrison.