Directeur: René PROST

Docteur ès Sciences Physiques
Spécialiste de physico-chimie des sols
Ancien Directeur de Recherches à L'INRA
Chargé de Mission auprès du Service de la Recherche du Ministère de l'Environnement de 1987 à 1995
Membre du Conseil Supérieur d'Hygiène Publique de France, section des eaux de 2002 à 2007
Membre du Comité d'experts spécialisés "eaux" auprès de l'Agence Française de Securité Sanitaire des Aliments de 2003 à 2008
Publications liées à la problématique sites et sols pollués ou contaminés
Gonflement-retrait des argiles
- R. Prost (1975) Etude de l'hydratation des argiles: interactions eau-minéral et mécanisme de la rétention de l'eau. (doctorat d'état ès sciences physiques) Ann. agron. 26 (4 et 5), 401-535
- G. Sposito, R. Prost (1982) Stucture of water adsorbed on smectites. Chem. Reviews 82 (6) 553-573
- R. Prost, T. Koutit, A. Benchara and E. Huard (1998) State and location of water adsorbed on clay minerals: consequences of the hydration and swelling-shrinkage phenomena. Clays and Clay Miner. 46 (2) 117-131
Rétention des cations par les argiles
- R. Badreddine, R. Le Dred and R. Prost (2002) Far infrared study of K+, Rb+ and Cs+ during their exchange with Na+ and Ca+ in vermiculite. Clay Miner. 37 71-81
- M. Diaz, E. Huard and R. Prost (2002) Far infrared analysis of the structural environment of interlayer K+, NH4+, Rb+ and Cs+ selectively retained by vermiculite. Clays and Clay Miner. 50 (2) 284-293
- M. Diaz, P. Cambier, J. Brendlé, R. Prost (2007) Functionalized clay heterostructures for reducing cadmium and lead uptake by plants in contaminated soils. Applied Clay Sci. 37 12-22
Tansfert de liquides organiques dans le sol
- J. Jarsjö, R. Prost, B. Yaron (1997) An experimental approach for the caracterisation of rigid porous media and unsaturated conductivity relations. J. of Porous Materials 4 199-209
- I. Dror, Z. Gerstl, R. Prost, B. Yaron (2002) Abiotic behavior of entrapped petroleum products in the subsurface during leaching. Chemosphere 49 1375-1388
Comportement long terme des matériaux contaminés
- N. Humez and R. Prost (1999) A new experimental approach to study the long-term behaviour of solidified/stabilized wastes. Chem. Speciation and Bioavailability 11 (1) 1-23
- R. Badreddine, A.L. Humez, U. Mingelgrin, A. Benchara, F. Meducin, and R. Prost (2004) Retention of Trace Metals by Solidified/Stabilized Wastes: Assessment of Long-Term Metal Release. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38 1383-1398
Mobilité et biodisponibilité
- N. Humez, A.-L. Humez, C. Juste and R. Prost (1997) A new assessment of mobility of elements in sediments and wastes. Chem. Speciation and Bioavailability 9 (2) 57-65
Spéciation
- R. Prost, V. Laperche and D. Tinet (1997) Importance of "speciation" in formulating rules for soils contaminated with trace elements. in Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Metals ed. by I. K. Iskandar and D. C. Adriano Science Reviews. 135-152
Ouvrages
- B. Yaron, R. Calvet, R. Prost (1996) Soil Pollution: Processes and Dynamics. ed. Spinger-Verlag Heidelberg 313pp
- Contaminated Soils: Third International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Paris, May 15-19, 1995 (ed. R. Prost), 525pp and CD-ROM D:\data\communic\005.PDF, colloque 85, INRA Editions, Paris, France.
Gestion des Sites et Sols Contaminés
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