Environmental forensics : proceedings of the 2014 INEF Conference /

This publication is based on peer-reviewed manuscripts from the 2014 International Network of Environmental Forensics (INEF) Conference held at St John's College, Cambridge. INEF is an organization founded by environmental forensic scientists for the express purpose of sharing and disseminating...

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Corporate Authors: International Network of Environmental Forensics. Conference, Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Megson, David (Editor), O'Sullivan, Gwen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge] : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.
Series:Special publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)) ; 350.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Interaction between the regulator and practitioners in the field of environmental investigations
  • An introduction to a multiparameter approach to improve the reliability of environmental crime evidence
  • Environmental litigation issues in Taiwan and the forensics strategies of chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated sites
  • Forensic investigations in a PCB case
  • Use of symmetric tetrachloroethane to age date chlorinated solvent releases
  • A forensic methodology for investigating chlorinated solvent releases from a dry cleaner
  • Innovative solvent-based sampling method
  • Characterisation and modeling of dust in a semi-arid construction environment
  • Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an urban soil dataset
  • Statistics of lost historical coal tar PAH contamination in soils and sediments
  • Micro-bubbles oxygen injection in groundwater contaminated by organic biodegradable compounds and metals
  • Heavy metals contamination in selected electronic waste dumpsites in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Evidence for acid mine drainage in an urban stream in the West Midlands
  • A practical evaluation of petrogenic and biogenic methane sources in the context of redevelopment and explosive hazard management in Los Angeles.