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By the end of the 1960s, it became acutely apparent that major problems existed with the quality of both surface and subsurface waters on a world-wide scale. In response to these discoveries numerous legislative initiatives were enacted in most developed countries to limit the introduction of contaminants to the environment. It quickly became apparent, however, that not only was there a need to reduce the quantity of contaminants introduced to surface and subsurface waters, but previously contaminated resources had to be remediated to reduce the potential risks on human and ecosystem health. Effective remediation proved to be a difficult task that required an improved understanding of the transport and fate of contaminants in aquatic environments. This fact resulted in a wide range of analyses regarding contaminant transport and cycling in riverine environments during the past several decades. Nonetheless, in comparison to the enormous efforts which have been made to characterize, assess, and remediate contaminated soils and groundwater, contaminated rivers have received relatively little attention. This is in spite of the fact that polluted reaches may cover tens of kilometers of stream channel and the adjacent valley floor. Progress, however, in the soils and groundwater arena has recently produced a shift in emphasis from the subsurface to the surface environment, particularly with regards to cleaning up contaminated rivers. Rivers and their associated drainage basins tend to be geological, hydrological, and geochemically more variable than either soil or groundwater systems.

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Until the publication of this particular book, environmental geochemists had little insight into river particulate transfers, and few river geomorphologists were taking the contamination of river deposits - which generally does not affect the morphological features - into consideration. Contaminated Rivers aims to fill this gap at a time when remediation of contaminated sites and the understanding of particulate contminants transfers are high on the environmental agenda. Michel Meybeck, EOS vol. 89, no. 32, 2008

River contamination is a problem of global significance. This book provides a comprehensive and highly readable review of the role of fluvial geomorphic processes in understanding and predicting the dispersal and fate of contaminants in aquatic environments. Aimed at both students and professionals it forms an excellent introductory text to this rapidly developing field, especially in river basins experiencing rapid environmental change. Mark G. Macklin, Professor of Physical Geography and Director of the Centre for Catchment and Coastal Research, University of Aberystwyth, UK. This excellent book clearly and graphically explains the geochemical and geomorphological principles influencing the contamination of river systems, and cost-effective methods for contaminated river assessment and remediation. I shall certainly be recommending it to all of my students and colleagues. Karen Hudson-Edwards, Lecturer in Environmental Geology, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Aus den Rezensionen: ! Miller/Orbock Miller unternehmen in ihrem ausgezeichnet strukturierten ! Lehrbuch ! neben umfangreichen Betrachtungen zur Rolle fluvialer geomorphologischer Prozesse auch den gelungenen Versuch, die unterschiedlichen Auswirkungen dieser Prozesse zu charakterisieren. Schritt um Schritt fuhren die Autoren durch das wissenschaftlich komplexe Thema. ! Contaminated Rivers ist ein durchgehend analytisch und hervorragend explizierend angelegtes Lehrbuch ! Es besticht nicht nur mit einer Vielzahl an Abbildungen und Listungen, sondern auch durch KIassifizierungen und mathematische wie auch physikalische Formeln ! Insgesamt liefern Miller/Miller Orbock eine lehrreiche, wissenschaftlich jederzeit haltbare Bestandsaufnahme ! (http://www.geowis.de/product_info.php?products_id=398)

Until the publication of this particular book, environmental geochemists had little insight into river particulate transfers, and few river geomorphologists were taking the contamination of river deposits - which generally does not affect the morphological features - into consideration. Contaminated Rivers aims to fill this gap at a time when remediation of contaminated sites and the understanding of particulate contminants transfers are high on the environmental agenda. <br>Michel Meybeck, EOS vol. 89, no. 32, 2008

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