1st Edition

Advances in Subsurface Pollution of Porous Media - Indicators, Processes and Modelling IAH selected papers, volume 14

    248 Pages 115 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Advances in Subsurface Contamination of Porous Media: Indicators, Processes and Modelling provides a high level understanding of the processes concerning common and emergent contaminants through their passage from soil to groundwater. The book presents new methodologies and indicators to reach a better understanding of biogeochemical processes as a basis for environmental models. The combined use of the understanding of processes and models’ prognosis will inform researches and water managers and will provide the possibility for better management and preservation of water resources.

    The book will be a valuable reference for graduate students, researchers and professionals in government and public institutions, and for those interested in soil and groundwater contamination in various aspects.

     

     

    Multicomponent Diffusion in Clays, C.A.J. Appelo

    Modelling of Solute Mass Transfer Across the Capillary Fringe, U. Maier, C. Beyer, B. Susset, and P. Grathwohl

    Strategies to Quantify Contaminant Degradation in Groundwater Using Stable Isotope Data, D. Hunkeler

    Alternative Methods and Indicators of Water Quality in Natural Porous Media

    Derivation of Natural Background Levels and Threshold Values for Groundwater Bodies in the Upper Rhine Valley, R. Kunkel, G. Berthold, A. Blum, P. Elsass, J.-G. Fritsche, R. Wolter, and F. Wendland

    Introducing Time Variability and Sampling Rate in the Mapping of Groundwater Contamination by Means of the Bayesian Maximum Entropy (BME) Method, S. Mattern, P. Bogaert, and M. Vanclooster

    Biotechnology for Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites. From Reporter Genes to DNA-Microarrays, E. Puglisi and P. Boccazzi

    Aggregated Pesticide Risk Evaluation for Groundwater in Belgium with the PRIBEL Indicator, S. Vergucht and W. Steurbaut

    Strategies and Effectiveness of Groundwater Monitoring Systems for Different Aims (Report from COST629 Working Group 1), H.-J. Voigt, C. Nitsche, J. Tamás, T. Bíró, H.P. Broers, and R. Kozel

    Biogeochemical Processes from Soil to Groundwater

    Application of High-Resolution Groundwater Sampling in a Tar Oil-Contaminated Sandy Aquifer, Studies on Small-Scale Abiotic Gradients, B. Anneser, L. Richters and C. Griebler

    Stable Isotopes as a Tool for Monitoring the Volatilisation of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids from the Unsaturated Zone, P. Höhener, D. Bouchard, and D. Hunkeler

    The Role of Mineralogical and Organic Fraction on Metal Adsorption onto Soil: Experimental Approach and Modelling, P. Liburdi, Y. Duale Kahie, V. Giuliano, and M. Petrangeli Papini

    Time and Space Scale Dependent Macroscopic Balance Equations Governing Flow and Transport in Aquifers, S. Sorek and D. Ronen

    Numerical Simulation of Pollutant Transport and Interaction in Soil and Subsoil Techniques, Problems, and Case Study

    Development and Application of a 2D Reactive Transport Model Aimed at Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reductive Dechlorination Stimulation by Lactate Injection at a Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Contaminated Site, F. Aulenta, F. Bozzano, M. Leccese, M. Petitta, M. Petrangeli Papini, and P. Viotti

    Quantification of Biodegradation and Volatilization Rates of Organic Compounds in Soils Using the Dusty Gas Model, C.-S. Fen

    Prognosis of Contaminant Source Remediation: Identification of Problems at a Contaminated BTX, D. Schäfer

    Advances in the Quantification of Nutrient Biogeochemistry in Coastal Groundwater Systems: A Review, C. Spiteri and P. Regnier

    A Flexible Reaction Network Simulation Module for the MT3DMS Model, M. Van Camp and K. Walraevens

    Biography

    Lucila Candela is professor at the Department of Geotechnical Engineering and

    Geoscience-UPC (Barcelona, Spain). Her research topics mainly address the nature and

    fate of contaminants in the subsurface, laboratory process studies on contaminant transport

    in porous media, and groundwater hydrology.

    Iñaki Vadillo is researcher and lecturer at the Department of Geology, University of

    Malaga (Spain). He is investigating the understanding of hydrochemical processes of

    contaminants in aquifers (Nitrate pollution, landfills, isotope application in groundwater

    pollution studies).

    Francisco Javier Elorza is professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics in the

    Madrid School of Mines – UPM (Madrid, Spain). His research topics mainly address

    the numerical simulation of the nature and fate of contaminants in the surface and the

    subsurface, stochastic modelling of environmental problems (i.e. transport in porous and

    fracture geological media) and the simulation of coupled processes in porous media.