Pollution

Contamination

Brownfield

Primary pollutants

Secondary pollutants

Background concentration

Point source

Diffuse source

Toxicity

LD50 / LC50

ED50 / EC50

NOEL / NOED / NOEC

Bioavailability

Bioaccumulation

Biological half-life

Biomagnification

Speciation

TDS

Electrical conductivity

Activity

Phase

Partition coefficient
Distribution coefficient

Henry's law
KH

Octanol-water partitioning
coefficient Kow

Octanol

Isotherm

Adsorbent

Adsorbate

Fugacity

Solubility

Solubility product

Buffered solution

Reductant

Oxidant

Redox potential

pH-Eh diagram

Vadose zone

Preferential flow

Aquifer

Aquitard

Aquiclude

Phreatic aquifer

Perched aquifer

Confined aquifer

Artesian aquifer

Groundwater

Recharge

Hydraulic conductivity

Surface water

Hyporheic zone

Epilimnion

Hypolimnoin

Thermocline

Colloids

Sesquioxides

PZC

Diffuse layer

Stern layer

Diffuse double layer

CEC

AEC

Flocculation

Detritus

Humic substances

Humification

Mineralisation

Humin

DOM

POM

Ligands

Chelation

Denitrification

BOD

COD

SOD

Major dissolved phase constituents

Stiff diagram

Piper diagram

TIC

Alkalinity

Nutrients

Nutrient cycling

Trophic levels

Eutrophication

Ammonium fixation

Nitrogen fixation

Ammonification

Nitrification

Immobilisation

Dry deposition

Wet deposition

Occult deposition

Phosphate fixation

Internal loading

Heavy metals

Coprecipitation

Ionising radiation

Isotopes

Alpha radiation

Beta radiation

Gamma radiation

Background radiation

Nuclear fission

Neutron activation

Organic pollutant

VOC's

SVOC's

POP's

Isomers

Aromatic

Aliphatic

LNAPL's

DNAPL's

Monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Chlorinated hydrocarbons

ESOC's

Protonation