References for ESM 552




The following articles will also be assigned.

Reading List

  1. "Metals and Other Elements" - D.A. Binstock, P.M. Grohse, A.G. Gaskill Jr., C. Sellers, H.M. Kingston, L.B. Jassie; J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem.: 1991.

  2. "Reference Materials: Their Role in Measurement Accuracy" - W.P. Reed and S.D. Rasberry.

  3. "Standard Reference Material 2709: San Joaquin Soil, Baseline Trace Element Concentrations" - National Institute of Standards and Technology: August 1993.

  4. "An Elemental Ratioing Technique for Assessing Concentration Data from a Complex Water System" - H.M. Kingston and R.R. Greenberg; Environment International: 1984.

  5. "Distribution of Persistent Organochlorines in the Oceanic Air and Surface Seawater and the Role of Ocean on their Global Transport and Fate" - H. Iwata, S. Tanabe, N. Sakal, R. Tatsukawa; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1993.

  6. "Perspectives on SW-846" - B. Lesnik; American Environmental Laboratory: October 1992.

  7. "EPA's Environmental Monitoring Methods Index: Linking Environmentally Significant Analytes, Methods, and Lists" - W.A. Telliard; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1993.

  8. "Making Progress: EPA's EMMC" - D. Friedman; Environmental Lab: April/May 1992.

  9. "Debating Performance-Based Methods" - D. Friedman; Environmental Lab; p. 37-39: April/May, 1993.

  10. "Metals in Water: Determining Natural Background Concentrations in Mineralized Areas" - D.D. Runnells, T.A. Shepherd, E.E. Angino; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1992.

  11. "Assessing Contaminated Aquatic Sediments" - G.A. Burton Jr.; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1992.

  12. "Sediment Quality and Aquatic Life Assessment" - W.J. Adams, R.A. Kimerle, J.W. Barnett Jr.; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1992.

  13. "Environmental Samplling: A Summary" - L. H. Keith; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1990.

  14. "Sampling of Contaminated Soil: Sampling Error in Relation to Sample Size and Segregation" - F.J. Lame and P.R. Defize; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1993.

  15. "Sorption of Toxic Organic Compounds on Wastewater Solids: Mechanism and Modeling" - L. Wang, R. Govind, R.A. Dobbs; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1993.

  16. "Modeling Partitioning and Transport Interactions between Natural Organic Matter and Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Groundwater" - H. Liu and G. Amy; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1993.

  17. "In Situ and On-site Bioreclamation" - J.K. Fredrickson, H.Bolton Jr., F.J. Brockman; Environ. Sci. Technol.: 1993.

  18. "Description and Sensitivity Analysis of tghe Shoreline Dispersion Model (SDM)" - Donald C. DiCristofaro and Jawad S. Touma.; Published in Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application IX by Han van Dop and George Kallos; Plenaum Press, NY london: 1992.


Additional Reference Materials

  1. CD-ROMs for Self Study

  2. References of available Texts and Software

  3. Descriptions of available software

EPA Test Methods (SW-846 Methods A- E)

  1. Method 3050A : Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, and Soils

  2. Method 3015 : Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts

  3. Method 3051 : Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, Soils, and Oils

  4. Method 525.1 : Determination of Organic Compounds in Drinking Water by Liquid-Solid Extraction and Capillary Column Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry




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