Geosciences and water resources Book

	Authors
	Preface
	Introduction: The Quest of Healthier Environment	1
Ch. 1	Water in Ecosystems a Non Renewable Resource
	On The Problems Of Assessing The World's Water Resources	13
	System For The Management of Agricultural Pollution: EUREKA-ISMAP Project	33
	New Tools for Diagnosing Underground Pollution by Petro-Chemicals. A Creative Concept in Europe	43
	Effects of Tributaries on River Water - Sediment Interactions: A Multidimensional Presentation	51
	Environmental Assessment and Management in Moldavia	57
	Time and Space Forecasting of Nitrate and Salinity Contents in the Near-Shore Aquifers of Campo de Dalias (South East Spain)	63
	Incidence of Fluorosis in India with Special Reference to Andhra Pradesh	77
	Contamination of Lake Water by Pesticides via Atmospheric Transport	85
	A New Methodology Concept in Aquatic Ecotoxicology: The Integrated Approach from Laboratory to Outdoor Experiments	93
	Stochastic Imaging of Environmental Data	101
Ch. 2	Global Atmospheric Evolution Impact of Antropogenic Activities
	Modeling Paleoclimatic Changes Using a Feedback Energetic System. Prediction of Mean Ice Global Variations	115
	Gaseous Toxic Emission from Plastic Materials during their Thermal Decomposition	125
	Inventory of Pollutant Emissions into Atmosphere in Europe - Corinair Project	133
Ch. 3	Space and Earth Remote Sensing GIS Application to Environmental Impact Studies
	Environmental Impact Analysis Using Remotely Sensed Data	149
	Use of the Rose-diagram Method for Vegetation Fire Pattern Analysis on a Regional Scale in Africa	159
	Integration of LANDSAT TM Data and SPOT Digital Elevation Model Applied to Geoscientific and Geotechnical Research in the Area North of Kathmandu, Nepal	165
	Geographic Information System for Environmental Assessment of the Long-range Pollution Effects in Remote Areas (Himalayas, Nepal)	175
Ch. 4	Regional Environmental Changes Application to Soil Erosion Modeling
	Desertification of Mediterranean and Mountainous Regions	185
	Land Cover Change Detection in a Mediterranean Area (Maritime Syria) from Remotely Sensed Data	197
	Index of Environmental Quality for Land Management	215
Ch. 5	Accessing Geoenvironmental Data from On-Line to Expert Systems
	Large Database Access and Usage in the Earth and Space Sciences through Computer Networks	223
	International Directory Network - Russian Branch	231
	G.D.Q.-Expert: An Expert System for Assessing Geotechnical Data Quality. Application to the Menard Pressuremeter Test	237
	The Use of G.I.S. in Petroleum Industry for Oil Exploration and Production	245
Ch. 6	Ecotoxicological Issues
	Cleaning of Gas Flow Using Chemical Reaction Database	257
	Photo-Induced Toxicity of PAHs: QSAR Models and Environmental Significance	263
	Cautionary Comments Concerning the Use of Profiles of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) for Source Apportionment	273
	DNA Modifications Due to Oxidative Damage	281
	Index of Authors	289
	Index	291
	Color Plates	295