Introduction to Environmental Forensics, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Brian L. Murphy, Robert D. Morrison

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 721
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The third edition of Introduction to Environmental Forensics is a state-of-the-art reference for the practicing environmental forensics consultant, regulator, student, academic, and scientist, with topics including compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA), advanced multivariate statistical techniques, surrogate approaches for contaminant source identification and age dating, dendroecology, hydrofracking, releases from underground storage tanks and piping, and contaminant-transport modeling for forensic applications. Recognized international forensic scientists were selected to author chapters in their specific areas of expertise and case studies are included to illustrate the application of these methods in actual environmental forensic investigations. This edition provides updates on advances in various techniques and introduces several new topics.

• Provides a comprehensive review of all aspects of environmental forensics
• Coverage ranges from emerging statistical methods to state-of-the-art analytical techniques, such as gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry and polytopic vector analysis
• Numerous examples and case studies are provided to illustrate the application of these forensic techniques in environmental investigations

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
About the Editors, Pages xi-xii
About the Authors, Pages xiii-xxvi
Introduction to the Third Edition, Pages xxvii-xxviii, Brian L. Murphy, Robert D. Morrison
Chapter 1 - Applications of Environmental Forensics, Pages 3-20, Paul D. Boehm, Brian L. Murphy
Chapter 2 - Essential Historical Research Methods and Their Application to Environmental Forensics, Pages 21-37, Shelley Bookspan, Julie Corley, A.J. Gravel
Chapter 3 - Photogrammetry, Photointerpretation, and Digital Imaging and Mapping in Environmental Forensics, Pages 39-64, James I. Ebert
Chapter 4 - The Measurement Process, Pages 65-97, Dallas Wait, Charles Ramsey, John Maney
Chapter 5 - Statistical Methods, Pages 99-148, Thomas D. Gauthier, Mark E. Hawley
Chapter 6 - Identification of Forensic Information from Existing Conventional Site-Investigation Data, Pages 149-164, Jun Lu
Chapter 7 - Chemical Partitioning and Transport in the Environment, Pages 165-197, Brian L. Murphy
Chapter 8 - Hydrocarbon Fingerprinting Methods, Pages 201-309, Gregory S. Douglas, Stephen D. Emsbo-Mattingly, Scott A. Stout, Allen D. Uhler, Kevin J. McCarthy
Chapter 9 - Source Identification and Age Dating of Chlorinated Solvents, Pages 311-345, Robert D. Morrison, Brian L. Murphy
Chapter 10 - Congeners: A Forensics Analysis, Pages 347-393, Walter J. Shields, Tarek Saba, Paul D. Boehm, Jaana Pietari
Chapter 11 - Application of Stable Isotopes and Radioisotopes in Environmental Forensics, Pages 395-455, R. Paul Philp
Chapter 12 - Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics: Soil as Physical Evidence in Forensic Investigations, Pages 457-486, Lorna A. Dawson, Robert W. Mayes
Chapter 13 - Environmental Forensic Microscopy, Pages 487-511, James R. Millette, Richard S. Brown
Chapter 14 - Hydraulic Fracturing: Data Analysis Methods to Identify Sources of Dissolved Gas and Chemical Compounds in Drinking Water Wells, Pages 513-529, Tarek Saba
Chapter 15 - Forensic Applications of Dendroecology, Pages 531-552, Robert D. Morrison, Gwen O’Sullivan
Chapter 16 - Forensic Applications of Subsurface Contaminant Transport Models, Pages 555-591, Robert D. Morrison
Chapter 17 - Forensic Investigation of Underground Storage Tanks and Subsurface Piping, Pages 593-608, Robert D. Morrison
Chapter 18 - Principal Components Analysis and Receptor Models in Environmental Forensics, Pages 609-653, Glenn W. Johnson, Robert Ehrlich, William Full, Scott Ramos
Chapter 19 - Multivariate Statistical Methods and Source Identification in Environmental Forensics, Pages 655-675, Stephen M. Mudge
Chapter 20 - Receptor Models and Measurements for Identifying and Quantifying Air Pollution Sources, Pages 677-706, John G. Watson, Judith C. Chow
Index, Pages 707-719