The Chemistry of Soil Processes

Contents: 1. Soil processes/D.J. Greenland and M.H.B. Hayes. 2. Mass flow and diffusion/A. Wild. 3. Precipitation/O. Talibudeen. 4. Cation exchange in soils/O. Talibudeen. 5. Anion and ligand exchange/C.J.B. Mott. 6. Adsorption of organic molecules/S. Burchill, D.J. Greenland and M.H.B. Hayes. 7. Oxidation and reduction/D.L. Rowell. 8. The Translocation of metals in soils/C. Bloomfield. 9. The fate of plant and animal residues in soil/D.S. Jenkinson. 10. The fate of fertilizers/G.W. Cooke. 11. The fate of heavy metals/L.H.P. Jones and S.C. Jarvis. 12. The behaviour of pesticides in soil/I.G. Graham-Bryce.    

The book is intended to describe the chemistry of several of the important processes which take place in the soil. These are discussed in detail in the appropriate chapters which include treatments of precipitation and of ion-exchange reactions, adsorption and the formation of complexes and of oxidation and reduction.