Environmental Chemistry - A Global Perspective

Environmental Chemistry: A global perspective describes the chemical principles which underpin the natural processes occurring within and between the air, water, and soil, and explores how human activities have impacted on these processes, giving rise to environmental issues of global concern.

List of contents

• 1: Environmental chemistry


• Part A: The Earth's atmosphere


• 2: The Earth's atmosphere


• 3: Stratospheric chemistry - ozone


• 4: Tropospheric chemistry - smog


• 5: Tropospheric chemistry - precipitation


• 6: Atmospheric aerosols


• 7: Chemistry of urban and indoor atmospheres


• 8: The chemistry of global climate


• Part B: The hydrosphere


• 9: The hydrosphere


• 10: Distribution of species in aquatic systems


• 11: Gases in water


• 12: Organic matter in water


• 13: Metals and semi-metals in the hydrosphere


• 14: Environmental chemistry of colloids and surfaces


• 15: Microbiological processes


• 16: Water pollution and water treatment chemistry


• Part C: The terrestrial environment


• 17: The terrestrial environment


• 18: Soil properties


• 19: The chemistry of solid wastes


• 20: Toxic organic chemicals


• 21: The future Earth


• Appendices

About the author

Gary W. vanLoon, Emeritus Professor, School of Environmental Studies Queen's University, Canada, Stephen J. Duffy, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Mount Allison University, Canada

Summary

Environmental Chemistry: A global perspective describes the chemical principles which underpin the natural processes occurring within and between the air, water, and soil, and explores how human activities have impacted on these processes, giving rise to environmental issues of global concern.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J. Duffy, Stephen J. (Associate Professor Duffy, Duffy Stephen J., Gary W. Vanloon, Gary W. (Emeritus Professor VanLoon, VanLoon Gary W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2017
• EAN: 9780198749974
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874997-4
• No. of pages: 600
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Mineralogy, petrography; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, Waste Management, Meteorology and climatology, Physical Chemistry, Biogeography, Geochemistry, Sedimentology and pedology, Drought and water supply