Handbook of Chemical Mass Transport in the Environment

Louis J. Thibodeaux, Donald Mackay

• Introduction: Chemical Mobility in the Environment. Mass Transport Fundamentals from an Environmental Perspective. The Fugacity Approach to Mass Transport and MTCs. Flux Equations for Mass Transport Processes Across Interfaces. Estimating Molecular Diffusivities in Environmental Media. Deposition from the Atmosphere to Water and Soils with Aerosol Particles and Precipitation. Mass Transfer Between the Atmosphere and Plant Canopy Systems. Mass Transfer Within Surface Soils. Air-Water Mass Transfer Coefficients. Deposition and Resuspension of Particles and Associated Chemical Transport Across the Sediment-Water Interface. Advective Porewater Flux and Chemical Transport in Bed-Sediment. Diffusive Chemical Transport Across Water and Sediment Boundary Layers. Biotubation and Other Sorbed-Phase Transport Processes in Surface Soils and Sediments. Mass Transport from Soil to Plants. Dispersion and Mass Transfer in Groundwater Near-Surface Geological Formations. Dust Resuspension and Chemical Mass Transport from Soil to Atmosphere. Deposition of Dissolved and Particulate-Bound Chemicals from the Surface Ocean. Chemical Exchange Between Snow and the Atmosphere. Chemical Dynamics in Urban Areas. Mixing in the Atmosphere and Surface Waters with Application to Compartmental Box Models. Environmental Mass Transfer State-of-the-Art, Deficiencies, and Future Directions. Index.