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  title info:
    title: Molecular Environmental Soil Science
  name:
    name part: Xu, Jianming.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Sparks, Donald L.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: X, 490 p. online resource.
  abstract: 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 microbes and biomolecules in mineral transformations, metal cycling, and the degradation of natural and anthropogenic organic compounds are also highlighted. The book is unique because it integrates a number of key contributions from traditionally separate disciplines. It also adds an important, and much needed, molecular dimension to an area of science that has traditionally been viewed on larger scales. The book identifies knowledge gaps, provides future research directions and addresses advances in research and education at molecular level. in this extremely important and challenging area of science for years to come. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Project Committee noted that the Conference, on which the book is based, identifies and builds on the need to view and understand the Critical Zone at the molecular level. The book will be an invaluable reference for researchers, students and professionals in this field of work.
  table of contents: 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.
  note: edited by Jianming Xu, Donald L. Sparks.
  subject:
    topic: Earth sciences
  subject:
    topic: Bioorganic chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Environmental sciences
  subject:
    topic: Ecotoxicology
  subject:
    topic: Earth Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Science and Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Ecotoxicology
  subject:
    topic: Bioorganic Chemistry
  classification: GE1-350
  classification: 628
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Progress in Soil Science
  identifier: 9789400741775
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4177-5
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    record creation date: 140107
    record change date: 20151125212500.0
    record identifier: 978-94-007-4177-5