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Environmental Soil Chemistry, second Edition Donald L. Sparks, Academic Press, 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495. 2002. 368 p. $49.95 hardcover. ISBN 0-12-6564469.
The second edition of Environmental Soil Chemistry was undertaken by the author because new analytical techniques have revolutionized our knowledge of environmental soil chemistry since 1995, when the first edition was published. These advancements center on the use of synchrotron-based spectroscopy and microscopy, which have allowed scientists to study in situ chemical reactions at molecular and submolecular levels. This new multidisciplinary field of molecular environmental science...