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Molecular Environmental Soil Science

This book focuses on the Critical Zone supporting life at the Earth's surface with emphasis on the new and emerging subject area of molecular environmental soil science. Advances in research methodology, and the use of synchrotron radiation in particular, are extensively reviewed. The role of m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Xu, Jianming (Editor ), Sparks, Donald L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Progress in Soil Science,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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  • Advances in the Use of Synchrotron Radiation to Elucidate Environmental Interfacial Reaction Processes and Mechanisms in the Earth's Critical Zone"
  • Microbial Roles in Mineral Transformations and Metal Cycling in the Earth's Critical Zone
  • Role of Biomolecules in Infuencing Transformation Mechanisms of Metals and Metalloids  in Soil Environments
  • Mechanisms for the interaction between heavy metals and variable charge surfaces
  • The Electrostatic Field Effect from Surface Charges on Ion Diffusion/Adsorption in the Soil
  • Dynamics of persistent organic pollutants in soil environment and their interaction with organic matter and root exudates
  • Microbial extracellular enzymes and the degradation of natural and synthetic polymers in soil
  • Effects of "aging" on bioreactive chemical retention, transformation, and transport in soil
  • Sorption comparison between pharmaceuticals and hydrophobic organic chemicals in soils and sediments
  • Adsorption of Organic Compounds by Black Carbon from Aqueuous Solution
  • Structure, biological activity and environmental fate of insecticidal Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) Cry proteins of bacterial and genetically modified plant origin
  • Subsoil acidification in farming systems: its possible causes and management options
  • Microbial indicators of soil quality in upland soils
  • The role of bacteria and archaea in nitrification, nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions in nitrogen-rich grassland soils
  • Impacts of agricultural management practices on soil physical, chemical and biological properties.