Chemical Processes in Soils

Chemical Processes in Soils

DESCRIPTION

Soil - perfect home for the actual and figurative roots of all life, source of life-essential chemical elements, recycler of water and carbon, cleanser of ecosystems...R.J. Bartlett & D.S. Ross, p. 461. A thorough understanding of the chemical and biological processes taking place within the soil is critical for those studying or working in the agricultural, ecological, environmental, earth, and soil sciences. This book will serve them well.

CONTENTS

1 Chemistry of Soil Organic Matter
C. E. Clapp, M. H. B. Hayes, A. J. Simpson,
and W. L. Kingery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Chemistry of Phosphorus in Soils
J. Thomas Sims and Gary M. Pierzynski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
3 Chemistry of Sulfur in Soils
M. Ali Tabatabai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
4 Chemistry of Potassium in Soils
P. M. Huang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
5 Chemistry of Micronutrients in Soils
Larry M. Shuman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
6 Kinetics and Mechanisms of Soil Biogeochemical Processes
C. J. Matocha, K. G. Scheckel, and D. L. Sparks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
7 Cation Exchange in Soils
V. P. Evangelou and R. E. Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
8 Soil Acidity
Paul R. Bloom, Ulf L. Skyllberg, and Malcolm E. Sumner . . . . . 411
9 Chemistry of Redox Processes in Soils
Richmond J. Bartlett and Donald S. Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
10 Equations and Models Describing Adsorption Processes in Soils
Sabine Goldberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
11 Sorption and Desorption Rates for Neutral Organic
Compounds in Soils
Thomas M. Young and Walter J. Weber, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
12 Metal Ion Complexation by Soil Humic Substances
Nicola Senesi and Elisabetta Loffredo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
13 Speciation of Metals in Soils
Darryl Roberts, Maarten Nachtegaal, and Donald L. Sparks . . . . 619
14 Chemical Speciation of Trace Elements in Soil Solution
Sébastien Sauvé and David R. Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
15 Chemistry of Salt-Affected Soils
Donald L. Suarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689