Chemical Elements in the Environment

How large is the natural variation in concentration of the various elements in different media? How do the oft-cited "world average concentrations" in different media compare with actual analytical data? How low a detection limit do I need to attain if I want to analyze for an element in soils, sediments, water or plants? This reference book seeks to answer these questions and many more. It collates data on the most important properties and uses of all naturally-occurring chemical elements. It combines these with data obtained from actual analyses of different sample media (soil, stream sediment, stream water, ground water, plants and human body fluids). This combination of facts and actual data should make this work suitable for learning and teaching applied geochemistry as well.