Search for dissertations about: "soil contamination"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 75 swedish dissertations containing the words soil contamination.

  2. 16. Opportunity Windows and Added Value of Gentle Remediation Options for Contaminated Land Management

    Author : Paul Drenning; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainable and Risk-Based Land Management SRBLM ; Ecosystem services; Soil health; Phytomanagement; Soil functions; Cost-benefit analysis; Gentle remediation options GRO ;

    Abstract : Well-functioning, healthy soils are increasingly recognized as vital to human well-being, but soil contamination impairs the capacity of soils to perform their essential functions and provide humans with ecosystem services (ES). Contaminated land poses risks to human health and the environment, which must be managed, but also constitute an important and underutilized land and soil resource for providing ES in urban areas through phytomanagement with gentle remediation options (GRO) – nature-based solutions using plants, fungi, bacteria, and soil amendments to manage risks at contaminated sites while also improving soil functionality. READ MORE

  4. 17. Our Bones, who art contaminated : Glues, strontium isotopes, and mobility in early Swedish Christians

    Author : Crista Adelle Wathen; Kerstin Lidén; Sven Isaksson; Christophe Snoeck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Strontium isotopes; contamination; conservation; glues; Christianity; mobility; early Christians; Sweden; Varnhem; Västerhus; bones; teeth; Scientific Archaeology; arkeologi med inriktning mot laborativ arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to build upon previous research into contamination and its effects on isotopes by focusing on the strontium isotopic ratio (87Sr/86Sr), which is used in mobility studies to study the movements of past humans and animals and to build past economic trading networks. Contamination is a broad topic, and in the scope of this thesis, it concerns the introduction of contaminants from the soil after interment and the post-excavation preservation efforts. READ MORE

  5. 18. Occurrence and fate of emerging and legacy flame retardants : from indoor environments to remote areas

    Author : Seth Newton; Cynthia de Wit; Ulla Sellström; Matthew MacLeod; Roland Kallenborn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Flame retardant; emerging; legacy; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; PBDE; HBCDD; long range transport; dust; air; soil; atmospheric deposition; Applied Environmental Science; tillämpad miljövetenskap;

    Abstract : Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that can be found in various matrices in all corners of the planet, including remote areas such as the Arctic.  Several POPs are known and monitored but given the abundance of new chemicals in commerce about which little is known, chemicals that may be new POPs are constantly being screened for. READ MORE

  6. 19. CONTAMINATION REMEDIATION WITH SOIL AMENDMENTS BY IMMOBILIZATION OF HEAVY METALS

    Author : Juris Burlakovs; Latvia University of Latvia; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Miljövetenskap; Environmental Science;

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  7. 20. Assessment of waters with complex contamination : Effect-based methods for evaluating wastewater treatment requirements and efficiency

    Author : Veronica Ribé; Åke Forsberg; Monica Odlare; Emma Nehrenheim; Rune Berglind; Magnus Breitholtz; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : Effect-based test methods; wastewater treatment; ecotoxicology; bioassays; Energy- and Environmental Engineering; energi- och miljöteknik;

    Abstract : The access to clean water is one of the prerequisites for a modern, industrialized society. The amount of water withdrawn for human activities has risen exponentially during the last 100 years. This rise in water use is accompanied by the production of vast quantities of contaminated water. READ MORE