Molecular Environmental Soil Science - Xu, Jianming; Sparks, Donald L.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
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.
Keywords: Environmental sciences; Ecotoxicology; Bioorganic chemistry; Environmental Science and Engineering; Ecotoxicology; Bioorganic Chemistry