Environmental geochemistry: Introduction

Introduction to U - series Geochemistry

During the last century, the Earth Sciences underwent two major revolutions in understanding. The first was the recognition of the great antiquity of the Earth and the second was the development of plate tectonic theory. These leaps in knowledge moved geology from its largely descriptive origins and established the modern, quantitative, Earth sciences. For any science, and particularly for the ...

Environmental epidemiology: An introduction

Introduction to geochemistry of metalliferous black shales

Metalliferous black shales exhibit a wide range of physical and chemical characteristics. They can be enriched in many different metals, and the metals can be in a variety of geochemical states. Depositional and geological histories of these shales are diverse. Some metalliferous black shales contain relatively high concentrations of organic matter whereas others do not. Because of elevated car...

Urban environmental geochemistry of trace metals.

As the world's urban population continues to grow, it becomes increasingly imperative to understand the dynamic interactions between human activities and the urban environment. The development of urban environmental geochemistry has yielded a significant volume of scientific information about geochemical phenomena found uniquely in the urban environment, such as the distribution, dispersion, an...

Basic Concepts in Environmental Geochemistry of Sulfidic Mine-Waste Management