A guide for the technical evaluation of environmental data [electronic resource] / Nic Korte.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

General Circumstances Causing Data Review Problems -- Text Organization -- The Determination of Background -- Concept of Background -- Methods for Separating Contaminant Populations from Background Populations -- Use of Skewness to Determine Threshold -- Application at an Industrial Site -- Bootstrap Method for Determining Background and Threshold -- Professional Judgment in Dealing with Mixed Populations -- Trace Elements -- Crustal Abundance -- Natural Sources of Trace Elements -- Anthropogenic Sources -- Element-by-Element Summary -- Geochemistry of Natural Waters -- Reviewing Trace Element Data from Soil Samples -- Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons -- Sources of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) -- Environmental Concentrations -- Migration and Stability (Half-Lives) of PAHs -- Mixtures, Ratios, and Profiles of PAH as Related to Source -- Recommendations for Reviewing PAH Data -- Polychlorinated Semivolatile Compounds: Biphenyls and Dioxins/Furans -- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) -- Polychlorinated Dibenzo Dioxins/Furans (PCDDs/PCDFs) -- Recommendations for Reviewing Data for PCBs and PCDDs/Fs -- Agricultural Compounds -- Herbicides -- Persistent Organochlorine Compounds -- Organophosphorous Insecticides -- Carbamate Compounds -- Tributyltin (TBT) -- Reviewing Data with Detections of Agricultural Chemicals -- Petroleum Hydrocarbons -- Nonpoint Sources -- Mobility in the Environment -- Source Identification -- Reviewing Petroleum Hydrocarbon Data -- Sampling and Analysis Artifacts -- Inorganic Analytes.

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