An introduction to environmental chemistry

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An introduction to environmental chemistry

J.E. Andrews ... [et al.]

Blackwell Science, c1996

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Includes index

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Description

As concerns mount about the fate of hazardous wastes in the environment, and the role of anthropogenic chemicals in global warming, environmental chemistry is growing in prominence in the undergraduate curriculum. In departments of chemistry, earth science and environmental science, students now need a concise thorough introduction to the subject. This new textbook has been designed to meet these student's needs. The book assumes little or no previous chemistry background and introduces the fundamental principles used in studies of environmental chemistry. It illustrates how these apply in cases ranging from the local to the global scale. A strong theme of the book is the importance of understanding how natural geochemical processes operate over a variety of time-scales, so the effects of human perturbations can be measured against these. The team of authors behind "An Introduction to Environmental Chemistry" belong to one of the world's leading research groups in the field.

Table of Contents

List of boxes Preface Acknowledgements Symbols and abbreviations IntroductionThe AtmosphereTerrestrial EnvironmentsThe OceansGlobal Change Appendices Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BA26797262
  • ISBN
    • 0632038543
  • LCCN
    95008320
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, MA
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 209 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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