Geoenvironmental engineering / / Abdel M.O. Mohamed and Hogan E. Antia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911006647503321
• Autore: Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen Onsy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier, 1998
• ISBN: 1-281-04766-X; 9786611047665; 0-08-053244-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (731 p.)
• Collana: Developments in geotechnical engineering ; ; 82
• Altri autori (Persone): AntiaHogan E. <1957->
• Disciplina: 628
• Soggetti: Environmental geotechnology; Environmental geology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 653-691) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; 1.3 INTERCONNECTION OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; 1.4 GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ASPECTS; 1.5 ACTIONS TOWARD RESTORING THE ENVIRONMENT; 1.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER TWO: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; 2.3 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; 2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; 2.5 ENGINEERING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; 2.6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER THREE: SOURCES, CHARACTERISTICS, AND MANAGEMENT OF WASTES3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 SOURCES OF WASTES; 3.3 HAZARDOUS WASTE; 3.4 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT; 3.5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER FOUR: SOIL SYSTEM; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 SOIL PHASES; 4.3 MINERAL COMPOSITION; 4.4 SOIL MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; 4.5 CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF SILICATES; 4.6 STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF SOIL CLAYS; 4.7 PROPERTIES OF LAYER SILICATES; 4.8 SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; 4.9 CHARGE DEVELOPMENT IN SOILS; 4.10 SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; 4.11 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER FIVE: SOIL-WATER-POLLUTANT INTERACTION5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 ADSORPTION MECHANISMS; 5.3 ADSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; 5.4 METAL CATION ADSORPTION; 5.5 ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM; 5.6 MOLECULAR ADSORPTION MODELS; 5.7 ORGANIC POLLUTANT-SOIL ORGANIC MATTER INTERACTION; 5.8 SOIL ORGANIC MATTER-SOIL MINERALS INTERACTION; 5.9 INFLUENCE OF POLLUTANTS ON SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; 5.10 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER SIX: FATE AND EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 POLLUTANT PATHWAYS; 6.3 ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; 6.4 BIOAVAILABILITY; 6.5 EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS; 6.6 PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION6.7 TIERED TEST PROGRAM; 6.8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER SEVEN: SITE INVESTIGATION; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 SITE INVESTIGATION APPROACH; 7.3 PHASE I INVESTIGATIONS; 7.4 PHASE II INVESTIGATIONS; 7.5 GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; 7.6 HYDROGEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS; 7.7 HYDROGEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION; 7.8 GEOCHEMICAL DATA COLLECTION; 7.9 GEOCHEMICAL DATA ANALYSIS; 7.10 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER EIGHT: GEOSTATISTICS; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 DATA ANALYSIS CONCEPTS; 8.3 SEMIVARIOGRAM; 8.4 INTRINSIC MODELLING; 8.5 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; 8.6 KRIGING; 8.7 SOLUTION METHODOLOGY8.8 APPLICATION; 8.9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER NINE: SUBSURFACE POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 MODELLING PROCESS; 9.3 TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN SOILS; 9.4 TRANSPORT EQUATION; 9.5 SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELS; 9.6 METHODS FOR CALCULATING TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; 9.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER TEN: RISK ASSESSMENT; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 BASIC ELEMENTS OF HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; 10.3 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION; 10.4 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; 10.5 TOXICITY ASSESSMENT; 10.6 RISK CHARACTERIZATION; 10.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; CHAPTER ELEVEN: RISK MANAGEMENT
• Sommario/riassunto: The new social and economic era calls for integration of ecology and economy in a system of cause and effect. The central element in this shift is sustainable development. Fundamental to the achievement of sustainable development is the requirement for environmentally responsible waste management and restoration of the environment. Solutions to the complex problems confronted by waste management and environmental restoration industry are currently handled by the geoenvironmental engineering profession that needs a good background in soil biology, chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy,