Environmental Geochemistry. Site Characterization, Data Analysis and Case Histories. Edition No. 2

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Field Methods in Regional Geochemical Surveys 3. Sampling Methods for Site Characterisation 4. Contaminated Groundwater Sampling and Quality Control of Water Analyses 5. The collection of drainage samples for environmental analyses from active stream channels 6. Data conditioning of environmental geochemical data: quality control procedures used in the British Geological Survey's Regional Geochemical Mapping Project 7. Gas Chromatographic Methods of Chemical Analysis of Organics and Their Quality Control. 8. Evaluation of geochemical background at regional and local scales by fractal filtering technique: case studies in selected Italian areas 9. Geochemical mapping of urban areas 10. Chemical speciation to assess bioavailability, bioaccessibility and geochemical forms of potentially toxic metals (PTMs) in polluted soils 11. Extraction and characterisation of pore water in contaminated soils 12. Models of geochemical speciation: structure and applications 13. Utility of Lead isotopes as discriminators of anthropogenic versus natural sources in the surficial environment 14. Management of hazardous by-products of urban waste incineration: some considerations on the Italian situation 15. New Developments in the Analysis and Remediation of Brownfields in the United States 16. Characterization and Remediation of the Bagnoli brownfield in Italy: before and after the remediation? 17. Environmental human health issues related to indoor air pollution from domestic biomass use in rural China: a review 18. Applications of geochemistry to medical geology 19. Biological and Environmental Hazards of the Desert Dust to Military Personne 20. Environmental characteristics and utilization potential of metallurgical slag 21. Polyurethane foam-based passive air samplers in monitoring persistent organic pollutants: theory and application 22. The history and the Present of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in soil in China: a review and cases on the Southwest and the Southeast of China 23. Soil and water contamination by potentially harmful elements: case history in India 24. A microbial analysis primer for biogeochemists

Authors

Benedetto DeVivo Benedetto De Vivo is a full professor of Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry at Pegaso On-Line University, Napoli, Italy; Adjunct Professor at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Nanjing Univ. and Hubei Polytecnic Univ, Huangshi, China.. Benedetto De Vivo, after graduation (1971) from the University of Naples Federico II in Geological Sciences and military service (1972), worked for private companies operating in Italy, Africa, and Central America in the field of ore deposits, geochemical prospecting, environmental geology, and hydrogeology (1973-1977). Later, he was a Researcher at CNR-Roma, Italy (1977-1987), Associate Professor in Applied Geochemistry (1987-2000), and Full Professor in Geochemistry at the University of Napoli Federico II (2000-2017). He was a research fellow at the Colorado School of Mines (1978) and at US Geological Survey, Reston, VA (1982 and 1992); Chairman of the Working Group "Inclusions in Minerals” of the International Mineralogical Association; Member of the Editorial Board of GEEA (2004-2007), Minerology and Petrol (1997-2007), American Mineralogist, and Chief Editor of Journal of Geochemical Exploration (2007-2017). His research interests span a wide range of topics including geochemical prospecting, fluid and melt inclusions studies on volcanic and sub-volcanic systems, and environmental geochemistry. He has published about 300 papers (in top international peer-reviewed journals), editing different special volumes (Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, European Journal of Mineralogy, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, and, Minerology and Petrol), and has authored four text books (in Italian) in geochemical prospecting and environmental geochemistry. He was nominated (2001) as Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and appointed as an Adjunct Professor at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA (2006), Nanjing University, China (2016), and Hubei Polytechnic University, Huansgshi, China (2019). He was the recipient of the 2019 Gold Medal Award of the Association of Applied Geochemists for outstanding scientific contributions and achievement in applied geochemistry. Harvey Belkin Research Geologist, United States Geological Survey, Ret.. Dr Belkin for almost 50 years has been with the USGS as a Research Geologist whose work focuses on geochemistry geochemistry. Most recently he has been the Project Chief of the Reston Microbeam Facility, where they are creating a baseline of chemical and textural properties of mineral species - specifically on halogens, HAP's, elements or rare earth elements and a Project Leader on a program focusing on the Geochemistry of Solid Fuels, specific as it relates to coal in China. His total experience includes delving into issues of Health Impacts. He has published 76 papers to date. Annamaria Lima Universita di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy. Dr Lima is an Associate Professor in Geochemistry in addition to being a member of the Editorial Boards for the journal Geochemistry: Exploration-Environment-Analysis. She also lectures at Huelva University on Environmental Geochemistry. Her research includes geochemical exploration for mineral resources, both from an exploration perspective as to identify the potential environmental hazards which can relate to these activities; environmental geochemistry and the geochemical characterization of environmental matrices to evaluate anthropogenic pollution, and studying fluid and melt inclusions in minerals.. She has published over 120 papers to date.