edited by R. E. Hester
Environmental Forensics contains authoritative articles by a number of the leading practitioners across the globe in the field and covers some of the main techniques and areas to which environmental forensics are being applied.
Environmental Forensics includes:
- Source identification issues
- Microbial techniques
- Metal contamination and methods of assigning liability
- The use of isotopes to determine sources and their applications
- Molecular biological methods
- Hydrocarbon fingerprinting techniques
- Oil chemistry and key compound ID
- The emerging role of environmental forensics in groundwater pollution
Contents
Environmental Forensics and the Importance of Source Identification
- The Legislative Framework for Environmental Forensics
- Source Identification
- Tools for Source Apportionment
Microbial Techniques for Environmental Forensics
- Traditional Microbial Forensics
- Emerging Microbial Analyses
- PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting Techniques
- Limitations of PCR- based Methodologies
- Forensic Interpretation of Profiles
Spatial Considerations of Stable Isotope Analyses in Environmental Forensics
- A Background in Stable Isotopes
- The Stable Isotopes of Water
- Spatial Forensic Applications Based on H and O Isotopes
- Opportunities to Examine C and N Isotopes on a Spatial Basis
Diagnostic Compounds for Fingerprinting Petroleum in the Environment
- Diagnostic Compounds
Perchlorate - Is Nature the Main Manufacturer?
- Environmental Forensic Investigation of Perchlorate
Tracking Chlorinated Solvents in the Environment
- The State of Knowledge
- Sources and Uses
- Traits and Environmental Behavior
- Significance of Environmental Forensics for Site Remediation
- Forensic Techniques for Tracking the Source and Age of Chlorinated Solvents
Groundwater Pollution: The Emerging Role of Environmental Forensics
- The Fundamental Questions
- Subsurface Forensic Models
- Examples of Some Important and Challenging Specific Questions
Index
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