Analysis of Hydrogeochemical Vulnerability

• Main Authors: Moraru, Constantin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hannigan, Robyn (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Hydrogeology,
• Subjects: Hydrogeology.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Physical geography.; Environmental sciences.; Public health.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Earth System Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Public Health.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

This monograph instructs the reader on how to analyze the hydrogeochemical vulnerability. It introduces notions of geochemical signals, points of migration of pollutants in the unsaturated zone, and new hydrogeochemical classifications. Three test sites in the USA, Germany, and Moldova are described...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of groundwater vulnerability assessment methods
• Geochemical method of the groundwater vulnerability assessment
• Basic principles of hydrogeology for hydrogeochemical vulnerability
• Environmental settings of study territories
• Hydrogeochemical vulnerability estimation
• Groundwater geochemistry and vulnerability.