Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the Editor -- Radiometric Studies and Base Line Calibrations for NORM and TENORM Studies -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Ionization Chambers -- 1.2 γ-Ray Spectroscopy: -- 2 Case Studies -- 2.1 Erasama Beach, Orissa, India (HBRA) -- 2.2 Tarbalu Hot Spring, Orissa, India -- 2.3 Radiometric Study of Coastal, Beach, and the Monazite Placer Deposits -- 2.4 Radon Migration Study From Uranium Tailings Pond -- 2.5 Radiometric Studies for Shallow Uranium Deposits -- References -- Arsenic Fate and Transport in the Groundwater-Soil-Plant System: An Understanding of Suitable Rice Paddy Cultivation in Arsenic Enriched Areas -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Arsenic Concentration in Rice -- 3 Arsenic in Groundwater -- 3.1 Arsenic Mobility in Groundwater -- 4 Impact of As-Rich Groundwater on Paddy Cultivation -- 5 Arsenic Behavior in Soil-Plant System -- 5.1 Soil -- 5.2 Plants -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Geophysical Signatures for Detection of Fresh Water and Saline Water Zones -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic Physics and Electrochemistry Behind These Geophysical Tools -- 2.1 Electrolytic or Ionic Conduction -- 2.2 Electrochemical Cells -- 2.3 Direct Current Resistivity -- 2.4 Induced Polarisation -- 2.5 Electromagnetics -- 2.6 Elastic Waves -- 2.7 Radiation Logging -- 3 Geophysical Tools for Saline Water-Fresh Water Problems -- 3.1 Joint Resistivity and Induced Polarisation Sounding -- 3.2 Central Frequency Sounding or Dipole Frequency Sounding -- 3.3 Transient Electromagnetic Sounding -- 3.4 Ground-Penetrating Radar -- 3.5 Remote Sensing with GIS and GPS -- 3.6 High-Resolution Seismic Reflection and GPR -- 3.7 Seismic Reflection and Refraction -- 3.8 Combined Natural Gamma Ray and Neutron Logging Tool -- 3.9 Combined SP and Resistivity Logging -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References. , Prevention and Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage: An Overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic AMD Chemistry -- 3 Factors Influencing the Quality of Acid Mine Drainage -- 4 Factors Affecting the Rate of Sulphide Oxidation -- 5 Characteristics of AMD -- 6 Prevention, Disposal and Treatment of AMD -- 6.1 Prevention/Mitigation of AMD -- 6.2 Active & -- Passive Treatment of AMD -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Very Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Method: A Shallow Subsurface Investigation Technique for Geophysical Applications -- 1 Introduction -- 2 VLF Transmitters -- 3 VLF and VLF-R Anomalies -- 3.1 E-Polarization -- 3.2 H-Polarization -- 4 Interpretation Procedures -- 4.1 Fraser Filtering Technique -- 4.2 Karous-Hjelt Filtering Technique -- 4.3 Inversion of VLF and VLF-R Data -- 5 Applications -- 5.1 Groundwater Exploration -- 5.2 Mineral Exploration -- 5.3 Landslide Studies -- 5.4 Subsurface Pollution Studies -- 5.5 Underground Mining Seepage -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Treatment of Industrial Wastewater -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Industrial Wastewater -- 2 Textile Wastewater -- 3 Case Study-Optimization of Photocatalytic Degradation of Real Textile Wastewater Applying Box-Behnken Experimental Design and Research Surface Modelling (RSM) Approach -- 3.1 Background of the Study -- 3.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Environmental Effects of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Total Atmospheric Release -- 3 Surface Air Monitoring -- 3.1 Regional and Local Monitoring -- 3.2 Global Monitoring -- 4 Radioactivity Deposition -- 4.1 Daily Deposition at Local and Regional Stations -- 4.2 Monthly Deposition at Local and Regional Stations -- 4.3 Atmospheric Half-Life of FDNPP-Derived 137Cs -- 4.4 Deposition Behavior of FDNPP-Dearived Radionuclides. , 5 Mapping of Radioactivity Deposition -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Applications of Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System and Geostatistics in the Study of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Remote Sensing -- 3 Geographic Information System -- 3.1 Applications of GIS in the Study of Arsenic Contamination -- 4 Geostatistics -- 4.1 Variography -- Experimental Semivariography -- Semivariogram Modelling -- 4.2 Anisotropy -- 4.3 Kriging -- Simple Kriging -- Ordinary Kriging -- Kriging with a Trend (Universal Kriging) -- Cokriging -- Indicator Kriging -- 4.4 Applications of Geostatistics in the Study of Arsenic Contamination -- 5 Applications of Remote Sensing, GIS and Geostatistics in Arsenic Contamination-A Case Study from West Bengal, India -- References -- Modeling Radon Behavior for Characterizing and Forecasting Geophysical Variables at the Atmosph -- 1 What is Radon? -- 2 Relevance of Radon as a Tracer of the Low Atmosphere and Development of a Box Model for Estimation of the Stable Layer Depth -- 2.1 Soil Radon Flux Submodel -- 3 A Model for Forecasting the Mixing Height -- 4 Sediment Chrono-Stratigraphy -- 5 Soil Erosion -- 6 Approaching the Link Between Radon and Earthquakes With Statistical Tools -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Index.