Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Environmental Forensics and the Importance of Source Identification;
Chapter 2: Microbial Techniques for Environmental Forensics ;
Chapter 3: Using Stable Isotopes to Determine Sources;
Chapter 4: Diagnostic Compounds for Fingerprinting Petroleum in the Environment;
Chapter 5: Perchlorate: Is Nature the Main Manufacturer;
Chapter 6: Tracking Chlorinated Solvents in the Environment;
Chapter 7: Groundwater Pollution: The Emerging Role of Environmental Forensics;

About the Author

Ronald E Hester is at the University of York, UK Roy M Harrison OBE is at the University of Birmingham, UK

Reviews

"...this is a very useful book which gives an excellent position statement on the application of the techniques and of their limitations in environmental forensics. A required purchase, I am sure, for all institutional libraries where these sorts of activities take place. "
*Chemistry World, Future Issue, Paul Kneller*