Book Details

Contaminated Rivers

Publication year: 2007

ISBN: 978-1-4020-5602-4

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The geomorphological, surficial and geochemical processes and conditions of rivers require a tailored set of strategies and programs to successfully clean up contaminated river reaches. The primary purpose of this book is not only to provide students and professionals with an introductory understanding of fluvial geomorphic principles but also to explain using a process oriented approach how these geomorphic principles can be integrated with geochemical data to cost-effectively characterize, assess and remediate contaminated river systems. Numerous case studies from North America and many other parts of the world are included.


Subject: Earth and Environmental Science, Erosion, Sediment, fluvial, fluvial geomorphology, heavy metal pollution, hydrology, remediation, river restoration, site assessment