Affiliation:
1. Duke University , Pratt School of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Durham, North Carolina, USA , 27708
Abstract
This chapter discusses biogeochemical cycles involved in the transport, transformation, and fate of pollutants and other substances after they form and are released into the environment. These include carbon, nutrient, metals, and water cycles. The biogeochemical processes that form, transform, transport and lead to the fate of a substance are explained. Several examples are provided, including carbon equilibrium’s role in climate change and the environmental aspects of the speciation of mercury.
Publisher
AIP Publishing LLCMelville, New York