Front cover: Refers to the article pp. 351-358 'Sediment Remediation: U.S. Focus on Capping and Monitored Natural Recovery. Fourth International Battelle Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments'. --
The photo inserted is of a capping site (sand over mud) in Central Long Island Sound taken 2 years after cap was placed – cap is recolonized, can see both the original seabed (horizon just above the time stamp), the black contaminated sediment, and the sand cap on top of that. -- The photo was taken by Joseph D. Germano, Ph.D., Germano & Associates, Inc., 12100 SE 46th Place Bellevue, WA 98006, USA (germano@ix.netcom.com, www.remots.com). -- Cover design: Edwin Grondinger, abavo GmbH, Nebelhornstraße 8, 86807 Buchloe, Germany (edwin.grondinger@abavo.de; http://www.abavo.de)