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Methods in Environmental Forensics by Andrew S. Ball, Stephen M. Mudge is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Methods in Environmental Forensics about?
While environmental catastrophes can be naturally occurring, often they are the result of criminal intent or malfeasance. Sorting out the details when the land itself is the only witness requires a special set of investigative skills. For accountability to be established, investigators must be able to answer these questions with a measure of scientific certainty: How and when did the contamination occur? Who caused the contamination? What are the consequences and extent of liability? Offering investigators a complete field manual, Methods in Environmental Forensics organizes the work of leading international experts who demonstrate the most effective techniques for determining the source of environmental contaminations. The book begins with the presentation of a case and follows the tasks of an active investigator from the case’s inception up through the delivery of expert court testimony. The text then reviews those scientific methods that have been used with success in environmental forensic investigations. Detailed information is provided on chemical fingerprinting techniques as they apply to ground water, soils, sediments, and air. Lastly, the scientific methods pres
Who reads Methods in Environmental Forensics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Andrew S. Ball, Stephen M. Mudge
- Publisher
- CRC Press LLC
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781281724151
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Technology, Chemistry
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