Assessment of Non-Point Source Polution in the Vadose Zone - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0875900917 ISBN 13: 9780875900919

Casa editrice: Amer Geophysical Union, 1999

Riassunto

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 108.

Non-point source (NPS) pollution in the vadose zone (simply defined as the layer of soil extending from the soil surface to the groundwater table) is a global environmental problem. Characteristically, NPS pollutants are widespread and occasionally ubiquitous in extent, thus making remediation efforts difficult and complex; have the potential for maintaining a relatively long active presence in the global ecosystem; and may result in long?]term, chronic health effects in humans and other life forms. Similar to other global environmental issues, the knowledge and information required to address the problem of NPS pollutants in the vadose zone cross several technological and subdisciplinary lines: spatial statistics, geographic information systems (GIS), hydrology, soil science, and remote sensing. Cooperation between disciplines and scientific societies is essential to address the problem. Evidence of such cooperation was the jointly sponsored American Geophysical Union Chapman/Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Outreach Conference that occurred in October 1997, entitled “Applications of GIS, Remote Sensing, Geostatistics, and Solute Transport Modeling to the Assessment of Non-Point Source Pollution in the Vadose Zone.” The objective of the conference and this book, which was developed from the conference, was to explore current multidisciplinary research for assessing NPS pollution in soil and groundwater resources.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Amer Geophysical Union
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0875900917
• ISBN 13: 9780875900919
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 369
• Redattore: Corwin Dennis L., Loague Keith M., Ellsworth Timothy R.
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