Environmental Geochemistry

Benedetto De Vivo, graduated at Univ. Napoli Federico II, Italy, in Geological Sciences in 1971. He is currently Full Prof of Environmental Geochemistry at Univ. Online Pegaso, Napoli; and Adjunct Prof. at: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Nanjing University and Hubei Polit. Univ, Huanghshi, China; and Member of Excalibur Group, New Market, MD, USA. From 1971 to 1976, worked for private companies operating in Italy and abroad; Researcher at CNR, Rome (1976-1987); Associate Prof (1987-2000) and Full Prof (2000-2017) in Applied Geochemistry at Univ. of Napoli Federico II. He was Chief Editor of: J. Geoch. Explor. (Elsevier) from 2007 to 2016, and Geochemistry-Exploration, Environment, Analysis (Geol. Soc. London) from 2017 to 2018. He has published 300 papers; 30 educational publications; 33 Monographs; and has edited 36 special volumes of peer review journals; 7 textbooks in geochemical prospecting and environmental geochemistry. Recipient of the 2019 Gold Medal of the Association of Applied Geochemists. Harvey Belkin is currently a Research Geologist Emeritus for the U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. After a career of 45 years, the position of Emeritus allows continued research. After majoring in geology and geochemistry at Franklin and Marshall College and George Washington University, he joined the Branch of Experimental Mineralogy and Geochemistry, USGS. During the early part of his career, he applied the study of aqueous and silicate-melt inclusions to address problems in a wide variety of earth environments, such as ore deposits, radioactive waste disposal, and volcanology. The latter part of this career involved human health issues related to domestic use of coal and other earth materials as well as continued research in different aspects of mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, and volcanology. The author or co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers, more than 200 presentations, and editor or co-editor more than 20 books and abstract volumes, Harvey Belkin continues research in a wide variety of geologic problems. Since 1997, she is an Associate Professor in Geochemical Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry. Her research includes environmental geochemistry for the evaluation of anthropogenic pollution, site characterization and remediation. Data processing techniques (classical and non-parametric statistical methods, factor analysis, etc.), including geo-statistics and plotting of geochemical distribution maps. Fluid and melt inclusions in minerals applied to ore deposit genesis, geothermometry, magma genesis, and volcanology. Geochemical exploration applied to natural resources and for evaluation of the environmental hazards related to their exploitation. On the latter topics she published about 400 papers, mostly in international peer reviewed journals, 21 Monographs, 7 Editor Special Volumes (as Editor), 2 textbooks, 8 Educational Publications, 56 extended abstracts.

SECTION 1 Methods and procedures CHAPTER 1 Field methods in regional geochemical surveys CHAPTER 2 Sampling methods for site characterization CHAPTER 3 Contaminated groundwater sampling and quality control of water analyses CHAPTER 4 The collection of drainage samples for environmental analyses from active stream /channels CHAPTER 5 Biological monitoring for environmental health risk assessment CHAPTER 6 Data conditioning of environmental geochemical data: Quality control procedures used in the British Geological Survey’s regional geochemical mapping project CHAPTER 7 Gas chromatographic methods of chemical analysis of organics and their quality control CHAPTER 8 Evaluation of geochemical background at regional and local scales by fractal filtering technique: case studies in selected Italian areas CHAPTER 9 Geochemical mapping of urban areas CHAPTER 10 Chemical speciation to assess bioavailability, bioaccessibility, and geochemical forms of potentially toxic metals (PTMs) in polluted soils CHAPTER 11 Extraction and characterization of pore water from contaminated soils CHAPTER 12 Models of geochemical speciation: Structure and applications SECTION 2 Pollution and contamination CHAPTER 13 Progressive advances in applications of lead and strontium isotopes as monitors of anthropogenic contaminants in the surficial environment CHAPTER 14 Polyurethane foam-based passive air samplers in monitoring persistent organic pollutants: Theory and application CHAPTER 15 Legacies of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in soil of China—A review, and cases in Southwest and Southeast China CHAPTER 16 The Bagnoli-Napoli brownfield site in Italy: Before and after the first remediation phase SECTION 3 Associated health issues CHAPTER 17 Potential contaminants and sustainable HazMat infrastructure: Neodeterministic (NDSHA) approach guarantees prevention rather than cure. The Bhopal—Madhya Pradesh, India—Gas tragedy case CHAPTER 18 Applications of geochemistry to medical geology CHAPTER 19 Environmental human health issues related to indoor air pollution from domestic biomass use in rural China: A review CHAPTER 20 Properties, utilization, and potential health and environmental issues of depleted uranium (DU) for military and civilian use CHAPTER 21 Biological, chemical, and environmental threats of toxic desert dust to military personnel CHAPTER 22 Indoor mercury pollution in the herbaria: Risk assessment for workers’ health and potential solutions. The studies at the Florence (Italy) herbaria CHAPTER 23 Occurrence and risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in multimedia environment from Zigui Karst Area, China