Essentials of Medical Geology

• Author(s): Olle Selinus

• Categories: Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2013-03-30
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• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Essentials of Medical Geology reviews the essential concepts and practical tools required to tackle environmental and public health problems. It is organized into four main sections. The first section deals with the fundamentals of environmental biology, the natural and anthropogenic sources of health elements that impact health and illustrate key biogeochemical transformations. The second section looks at the geological processes influencing human exposure to specific elements, such as radon, arsenic, fluorine, selenium and iodine. The third section presents the concepts and techniques of pathology, toxicology and epidemiology that underpin investigations into the human health effects of ex...

Rationale for Revised Bin-scale Gas-generation Tests with Contact-handled Transuranic Wastes at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

• Author(s): A. R. Lappin, C. A. Gotway, Martin A. Molecke, R. L. Hunter, E. N. Lorusso

• Categories: Radioactive waste disposal in the ground

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1991
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Theoretical Considerations and a Simple Method for Measuring Alkalinity and Acidity in Low-pH Waters by Gran Titration

• Author(s): Julia L. Barringer, Patricia A. Johnsson

• Categories: Acidity function

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1996
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Geological Survey Water-supply Paper

• Categories: Irrigation

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1977
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

• Author(s): Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

• Categories: Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1996-11-27
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• Publisher: National Academies Press

This volume discusses the readiness of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, to serve as a geological repository for transuranic radioactive waste. WIPP is located in a Permian-age bedded salt deposit 658 meters below the surface. The committee has long reviewed DOE's readiness efforts, now aimed at demonstrating compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Site characterization studies and performance assessment modeling are among the topics considered in this volume.