Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste: Dredged Material and Mine Tailings

ISBN-13: 9783642729263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 305 str.

Wim Salomons; Ulrich F. Rstner

Opis

Dredged Material and Mine Tailings are two of the same thing once they are deposited on land: they must be safe-guarded, wash-out must be prevented, and they must be protected by a plantcover. This comprehensive treatise covers both important aspects of their management: In Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste the principles and assessment are scientifically studied and discussed, while Environmental Management of Solid Waste turns to the practical applications, such as prediction, restoration and management. Previously, dredged material was a commodity, it could be sold as soil, e.g. to gardeners. In the meantime, dredged material from the North Sea (e.g. the Rotterdam or Amsterdam harbor) must be treated as toxic waste. Many environmentalists, managers and companies do not know how to solve the inherent problems. This new work deals with the chemical, physical and biological principles; the biological and geochemical assessment; the prediction of effects and treatment; and finally, with the restoration and revegetation. It is written by many leading scientists in the various fields, and will prove invaluable for scientists, managers and politicians who are concerned with the present environmental situation.

Spis treści

I Chemical and Biological Principles.- Metals in Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems: Sorption, Speciation, and Mobilization (With 17 Figures).- Microbiological Oxidations of Minerals and Mine Tailings.- Response of Plants and Vegetation to Mine Tailings and Dredged Materials (With 2 Figures).- II Biological and Geochemical Assessment.- Case Histories of Coastal and Marine Mines (With 9 Figures).- Development of Dredged Material Disposal Sites: Implications for Soil, Flora and Food Quality (With 6 Figures).- Biological Assessment of the Environmental Impact of Dredged Material (With 1 Figure).- Soil Pollution by Metals from Mining and Smelting Activities (With 2 Figures).- Geochemistry of Priority Pollutants in Anoxic Sludges: Cadmium, Arsenic, Methyl Mercury, and Chlorinated Organics (With 11 Figures).- Assessment of Metal Mobility in Dredged Material and Mine Waste by Pore Water Chemistry and Solid Speciation (With 6 Figures).- Diagenetic Processes in Aquatic Mine Tailings Deposits in British Columbia (With 10 Figures).- Behaviour of Trace Metals in a Tropical River System Affected by Mining (With 6 Figures).- Heavy Metal Transport in Streams — Field Release Experiments (With 13 Figures).

O autorze

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Förstner studierte Geologie und Mineralogie in Tübingen und arbeitete ab 1972 als Dozent und apl. Professor an der Fakultät für Geowissenschaften der Universität Heidelberg. Von 1982-2005 leitete er den Arbeitsbereich Umweltschutztechnik an der Technischen Universität Hamburg-Harburg. Mit über fünfzig Forschungsprojekten, zahlreichen Mitgliedschaften in nationalen und internationalen Fachgremien und mit 16 Büchern war er an den wesentlichen Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet des Gewässer- und Bodenschutzes seit Ende der sechziger Jahre beteiligt.