Contaminated Soils: A Guide to Sampling and Analysis

Key Information

Price: £155

EISBN: 978-1-909453-16-6

Edited by Maria Gavrilescu & Laura Bulgariu

Overview

Soil contamination is caused by diverse human activities. Requirements for monitoring and quantification of soil contaminants should be tightly linked to the best practice for sampling and analysis. This book gathers together in six chapters the experience of scientists from specific research areas connected to the problem of sustainable remediation and use of contaminated soils. The book addresses the challenges of sampling and analysis, together with considerations regarding laboratory processes and data acquisition, reporting and processing. The book provides those with a strong interest in the area of soil analysis – including students, researchers, academics, specialists, as well as land users – with practical tools and guidelines to conduct research and performance verification studies as a support in site remediation decision-making.

Chapters

1. Key features of contaminated soils Petronela Cozma & Maria Gavrilescu
2. Advances in field soil sampling: obtaining relevant in situ data for the environmental management of contaminated soils Aoife Brennan & Eduardo Moreno Jiménez
3. Current best practices for inorganic analysis Dumitru Bulgariu, Constantin Rusu & Laura Bulgariu
4. Current best practices for organic analysis Venny, Suyin Gan & Hoon Kiat Ng
5. Advanced tools for interpreting data Brian Murphy & Pam Hazelton
6. Reporting data: managing sampling and analytical uncertainty Patrik von Heijne, Christian Maurice & Björn Öhlander