Environmental Impacts of Soil Component Interactions: Land Quality, Natural and Anthropogenic Organics, Volume I

This book addresses the interactions of soil minerals with organics and microbes and their impacts on the dynamics, transformations, and toxicity of metals, metalloids, other inorganics, and xenobiotics that affect land quality and ecosystem health. It is the result of the work group on "interactions of soil minerals with organic components and microorganisms" in the International Society of Soil Science.

Table of Contents:
General Soil Quality as Influenced by Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organics and Microorganisms Organic-Inorganic Interactions in Soils and Their Effects on Soil Quality, M. Schnitzer Sorption Phenomena between Inorganic and Organic Compounds in Soils: Impacts on Transformation Processes, K. Haider Role of Aluminum and Iron in Accumulation of Organic Matter in Soils with Variable Charge, K. Wada Sorption of Ions by Soil Organic Matter and Clay-Organics at Low Ionic Strength, R.L. Parfitt, L.K. Heng, and M.D. Taylor Water Potential, Soil Microhabitats, and Microbial Development, M. Robert and C. Chenu Effect of Citric Acid on Interlayer Absorption of Hydroxy-Aluminosilicate Ions by Montmorillonite, J.G.Q. Lou and P.M. Huang Microbial Oxidation of Pyrites in Relation to Its Efficiency in Alkali Soil Reclamation, P. Sharma and A. Swarup Modification of Gelation Properties of Collodial Solids from Oil Sands: Extraction Impact on Fine Tailings Formation, L.S. Kotlyar, B.D. Sparks, H. Kodama, and R. Schutte Position Paper of Part I, M. Schnitzer, K. Haider, A. Herbillon, R.L. Parfitt, M. Robert, and K. Wada Transformations of Natural and Anthropogenic Organic Compounds as Affected by Soil Minerals and Microorganisms Natural Organics Recent Advances in Organo-Mineral Interactions: Implications for Carbon Cycling and Soil Structure, J.M. Oades The Role of Short-Range Ordered Mineral Colloids in Abiotic Transformations of Organic Compounds in the Environment, P.M. Huang Catalysis of Iron and Manganese Oxides in Transformations of Amino Acids as Influenced by Pyrogallol, M.C. Wang Photochemical Effect on the Abiotic Transformations of Polyphenolics as Catalyzed by Mn(IV) Oxide, J.S.K. Lee and P.M. Huang Potential of the Supercritical Fluid Extraction Technique for Characterizing Organic-Inorganic Interactions in Soils, H.H. Cheng, J. Gan, W.C. Koskinen, and L.J. Jarvis Dissolution and Fractionation of Calcium-Bound and Iron- and Aluminum-Bound Humus in Soils, X. Jian-Ming and Y. Ke-Neng The Quality of Soil Organic Matter as Characterized by Solid CP/MAS 13C NMR and PY-FIMS, C.M. Monreal, E.G. Gregorich, M. Schnitzer, and D.W. Anderson Extracellular Polysaccharides: An Interface between Microorganisms and Soil Constituents, C. Chenu Low-Molecular-Weight Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids in Some Andisols of Japan, M. Tani, T. Higashi, and S. Nagatsuka Relationship between Organic Acids and Microorganisms on a Long-Term Cropping Site in South-Eastern Australia, W.J. Slattery and P.M. Mele Effect of the Addition of Plant Residues on the Mineralization of Sulfur in Costa Rican Soils, L. Delélon, R. Salas-Camacho, and J.A. Briceno-Salazar Anthropogenic Organics Sorption and Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants in Soils: Conceptual Representations of Process Coupling, P.S.C. Rao, C.A. Bellin, and L.S. Lee The Role of Dissolved Metals and Metal-Containing Surfaces in Catalyzing the Hydrolysis of Organic Pollutants, A.T. Stone and A. Torrents The Role of Abiotic and Biotic Catalysts in the Transformation of Phenolic Compounds, J.-M. Bollag, C. Myers, S. Pal, and P.M. Huang The Role of Abiotic Interactions with Humic Substances on Environmental Impact of Organic Pollutants, N. Senesi and T.M. Miano Adsorption Mechanisms and Abiotic Catalytic Transformations of Some Agrochemicals by Clay Minerals, G.G. Ristori and P. Fusi Interactions between Managanese Oxides and Multiple Ringed Aromatic Compounds, G. Whelan and R.C. Sims Mobility and Persistence of Metolachlor and Terbuthylazine in Field Lysimeters, C. Marucchini, C. Vischetti, R. Giovanardi, and P. Ceccon Soil-Pesticide Interactions and Their Impact on the Volatilization Process, W.F. Spencer, M.M. Cliath, and S.R. Yates Factors Affecting the Movements, Reactions, and Biotransformations of Xenobiotics, F. Andreux, M. Schiavon, C. Munier-Lamy, M. Mansour, and I. Scheunert Effect of Soil Minerals on the Microbial Formation of Enymes and Their Possible Use in Remediation of Chemically Polluted Sites, Z. Filip and H. Claus Position Paper of Part II, F. Andreux, J.-M. Bollag, S.A. Boyd, Z.K. Filip, P.M. Huang, J. M. Oades, P.S.C. Rao, N. Senesi, W.F. Spencer, A.T. Stone, and B.K.G. Theng