Environmental Radionuclides: Tracers and Timers of Terrestrial Processes: Volume 16 (Radioactivity in the Environment)

Klaus Froehlich

ISBN 10: 0080438733 / ISBN 13: 9780080438733

Verlag: Elsevier Science 2007-10-01, 2007

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6666-ELS-9780080438733

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Environmental Radionuclides: Tracers and Timers of Terrestrial Processes: Volume 16 (Radioactivity in the Environment)
• Verlag: Elsevier Science 2007-10-01
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0080438733
• ISBN-13: 9780080438733
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Environmental Radionuclides presents a state-of-the-art summary of knowledge on the use of radionuclides to study processes and systems in the continental part of the Earth’s environment. It is conceived as a companion to the two volumes of this series, which deal with isotopes as tracers in the marine environment (Livingston, Marine Radioactivity) and with the radioecology of natural and man-made terrestrial systems (Shaw, Radioactivity in Terrestrial Ecosystems). Although the book focuses on natural and anthropogenic radionuclides (radioactive isotopes), it also refers to stable environmental isotopes, which in a variety of applications, especially in hydrology and climatology, have to be consulted to evaluate radionuclide measurements in terms of the ages of groundwater and climate archives, respectively. The basic principles underlying the various applications of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in environmental studies are described in the first part of the book. The book covers the two major groups of applications: the use of radionuclides as tracers for studying transport and mixing processes: and as time markers to address problems of the dynamics of such systems, manifested commonly as the so-called residence time in these systems. The applications range from atmospheric pollution studies, via water resource assessments to contributions to global climate change investigation. The third part of the book addresses new challenges in the development of new methodological approaches, including analytical methods and fields of applications.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.