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Edited By
Balwant Singh, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Markus Gräfe, Senior Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division of Minerals, Waterford, Western Australia, Australia.
Included in series
Developments in Soil Science,
Description
Over the past 20 years, synchrotron-based research applications have provided important insight into the geochemical cycling of ions and
the chemical and crystallographic properties of minerals in soils and sediments. Of particular significance is the understanding of local
coordination environments with the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The high flux and brightness of the X-ray beams have allowed
researchers to work at environmentally relevant concentrations. The use of focusing mirrors and apertures which allow for mapping and
trace particle surfaces, microbes, roots, channels and elements at the micron and at a nano-meter scale in 2 and 3D have also been a
great enhancement to science.
This book provides the most up-to-date information on synchrotron-based research applications in the
field of soil, sediment and earth sciences. Invited authors provide chapters on a wide range of research topics including multiphase
flow and transport processes (physical aspects), rhizosphere and microbial life (biological aspects), and dynamics of C, N, S, P and
heavy metals and metalloids (chemical aspects). In addition, perspectives on the impact of synchrotron based applications, particularly
X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and the role of synchrotron applications in remediation, regulatory, and decision making processes are
considered.
Audience
Primary:
Geologists; Geomorphologists; Earth Science Professionals in geological mapping agencies, mineral exploration companies; Hydrologists;
GIS practitioners and specialists; Landscape Ecologists; Environmental Planners; teachers and academics
Secondary:
students in upper
level geomorphology classes and soil measurement courses; Graduate students in soil science, quantitative ecology, earth sciences, GIS,
and geodetic sciences.
Contents
1. Introduction, The impacts of synchrotron-based techniques on understanding soil processes and reaction mechanisms
2. Multiphase
flow in porous (soil) media
3. Transport processes in soils and sediments
4. Applications of micro-tomography in soils and sediments
5.
Carbon chemistry in soils and sediments
6. Heterocyclic N compounds in soils and sediments
7. Sulfur and boron chemistry in soils
and sediments
8. Phosphorous chemistry in soils and sediments
9. Microbial habitats in soils and sediments
10. The Rhizosphere
11.
Applications of synchrotron IR in soils and sediments
12. Metals and (soil) microbes
13. Deciphering mineralogy of soils and sediments
14.
Applications of synchrotron-based XRD in soil mineralogy
15. Multiple-metal substitution in Fe-oxides
16. Arsenic chemistry in
soils and sediments
17. Selenium chemistry in soils and sediments
18. Mercury chemistry in soils and sediments
19. Role of sychrotron
radiation-based research techniques in the government regulatory and remediation processes
20. Deciphering metal contamination in
soils and sediments
21. Radionuclides in soils and sediments
22. Applications of Extended X-ray Emissions Fine Structure in soil
and sediments
23. Volatile soil liquids
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Hardbound, 450 pages, publication date: MAR-2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-53261-9
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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