Environmental Soil Chemistry - Hardcover

Sparks Professor, Donald L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0126564469 ISBN 13: 9780126564464

Publisher: Academic Press, 2003

Synopsis

Environmental Soil Chemistry illustrates fundamental principles of soil chemistry with respect to environmental reactions between soils and other natural materials and heavy metals, pesticides, industrial contaminants, acid rain, and salts. Timely and comprehensive discussions of applications to real-world environmental concerns are a central focus of this established text.

• Provides students with both sound contemporary training in the basics of soil chemistry and applications to real-world environmental concerns
• Timely and comprehensive discussion of important concepts including: sorption/desorption, oxidation-reduction of metals and organics, and effects of acidic deposition and salinity on contaminant reacions
• Boxed sections focus on sample problems and explanations of key terms and parameters
• Extensive tables on elemental composition of soils, rocks and sediments, pesticide classes, inorganic minerals, and methods of decontaminating soils
• Clearly written for all students and professionals in environmental science and environmental engineering as well as soil science

About this title

Review:

"Environmental Soil Chemistry is the only text available that covers the essentials of the topic plus provides information on the latest technological advances that represent the cutting edge of the science." --Gary M. Pierzynski, Professor at Kansas State University and Editor of Journal of Environmental Quality

"Professor Sparks does an excellent job in relating environmental applications to the more theoretical topics of soil chemistry. The second edition has been notably expanded for several topics including advanced analytical methods. Students in environmental sciences, environmental geochemistry, and soil science will find the book a highly instructive resource." --Harvey E. Doner, University of California at Berkeley

"This text is a concise and authoritative introduction to the field of Environmental Soil Chemistry that is very suitable for a one semester course. The second edition is replete with crisp graphics and real world examples that lay out the foundations of soil chemistry, while providing a firm basis for illustrating the emergence in our field of cutting-edge techniques in molecular spectroscopy and kinetics." --Jon Chorover, University of Arizona, Tucson

From the Back Cover:

Environmental Soil Chemistry
Second Edition
By
Donald L. Sparks
Department of Plant and Soil Science
University of Delaware

Clearly and concisely written for undergraduate and beginning graduate students of soil science, Environmental Soil Chemistry, 2nd Edition is accessible to all students and professionals of environmental engineering and science. Chapters cover background information useful to students new to the discipline, including the chemistry of inorganic and organic soil components, soil acidity and salinity, and ion exchange and redox phenomena. Discussion also extends to sorption/desorption, oxidation-reduction of metals and organic chemicals, rates of pollutant reactions as well as technologies for remediation of contaminated soils. New to the 2nd Edition is discussion of several important developments in soil chemistry such as synchrotron-based spectroscopic & microscopic techniques and molecular environmental science. Supplementary reading lists, sample problems, and extensive tables and figures make this textbook accessible to readers.

Key Features:
· Provides students with both sound contemporary training in the basics of soil chemistry and applications to real-world environmental concerns
· Timely and comprehensive discussion of important concepts including:
o Sorption/desorption
o Oxidation-reduction of metals and organics
o Effects of acidic deposition and salinity on contaminant reactions
o Molecular environmental science including synchrotron radiation, and spectroscopic and microscopic techniques
· Boxed sections focus on sample problems and explanations of key terms and parameters
· Extensive tables on elemental composition of soils, rocks and sediments, pesticide classes, inorganic minerals, and methods of decontaminating soils
· Clearly written for all students and professionals in environmental science and environmental engineering as well as soil science

Related Titles
Kassem & Nannipieri (eds.) - Methods in Applied Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry (1995, ISBN: 0-12-513840-7)
Coleman & Crossley - Fundamentals of Soil Ecology (1995, ISBN: 0-12-179725-2)
Paul & Clark - Soil Microbiology & Biochemistry, 2nd Edition (1996, ISBN: 0-12-546806-7)
Hillel - Environmental Soil Physics (1998, ISBN: 0-12-348525-8)

From Reviews of the first edition:
"... [a] welcome addition to a small but growing number of soil chemistry textbooks available for use in advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses... Replete with tables and figures that are effective and that readers will find particularly useful. A great many references are cited in the text, and supplementary readings are provided at the end of each chapter... well written, readable, and provides coverage of the important chemical principles and processes operating in a soil environment. ... a useful reference to students and scientists in the fields of geochemistry, hydrology, soil science, civil and environmental engineering, and related fields."
--Soil Science|Environmental Soil Chemistry
Second Edition
By
Donald L. Sparks
Department of Plant and Soil Science
University of Delaware

Clearly and concisely written for undergraduate and beginning graduate students of soil science, Environmental Soil Chemistry, 2nd Edition is accessible to all students and professionals of environmental engineering and science. Chapters cover background information useful to students new to the discipline, including the chemistry of inorganic and organic soil components, soil acidity and salinity, and ion exchange and redox phenomena. Discussion also extends to sorption/desorption, oxidation-reduction of metals and organic chemicals, rates of pollutant reactions as well as technologies for remediation of contaminated soils. New to the 2nd Edition is discussion of several important developments in soil chemistry such as synchrotron-based spectroscopic & microscopic techniques and molecular environmental science. Supplementary reading lists, sample problems, and extensive tables and figures make this textbook accessible to readers.

Key Features:
· Provides students with both sound contemporary training in the basics of soil chemistry and applications to real-world environmental concerns
· Timely and comprehensive discussion of important concepts including:
o Sorption/desorption
o Oxidation-reduction of metals and organics
o Effects of acidic deposition and salinity on contaminant reactions
o Molecular environmental science including synchrotron radiation, and spectroscopic and microscopic techniques
· Boxed sections focus on sample problems and explanations of key terms and parameters
· Extensive tables on elemental composition of soils, rocks and sediments, pesticide classes, inorganic minerals, and methods of decontaminating soils
· Clearly written for all students and professionals in environmental science and environmental engineering as well as soil science

Related Titles
Kassem & Nannipieri (eds.) - Methods in Applied Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry (1995, ISBN: 0-12-513840-7)
Coleman & Crossley - Fundamentals of Soil Ecology (1995, ISBN: 0-12-179725-2)
Paul & Clark - Soil Microbiology & Biochemistry, 2nd Edition (1996, ISBN: 0-12-546806-7)
Hillel - Environmental Soil Physics (1998, ISBN: 0-12-348525-8)

From Reviews of the first edition:
"... [a] welcome addition to a small but growing number of soil chemistry textbooks available for use in advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses... Replete with tables and figures that are effective and that readers will find particularly useful. A great many references are cited in the text, and supplementary readings are provided at the end of each chapter... well written, readable, and provides coverage of the important chemical principles and processes operating in a soil environment. ... a useful reference to students and scientists in the fields of geochemistry, hydrology, soil science, civil and environmental engineering, and related fields."
--Soil Science

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0126564469
• ISBN 13: 9780126564464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352