Biophysico-Chemical Processes Involving Natural Nonliving Organic Matter in Environmental Systems

Series Preface.
Preface.
About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
1 Evolution of Concepts of Environmental Natural NonlivingOrganic Matter (M. H. B. Hayes).
2 Formation Mechanisms of Humic Substances in the Environment(P. M. Huang and A. G. Hardie).
3 Organo-Clay Complexes in Soils and Sediments (G. Chilom andJ. A. Rice).
4 The Effect of Organic Matter Amendment on Native Soil HumicSubstances (C. Plaza and N. Senesi).
5 Carbon Sequestration in Soil (M. De Nobili, M. Contin, andY. Chen).
6 Storage and Turnover of Organic Matter in Soil (M. S. Torn,C. W. Swanston, C. Castanha, and S. E. Trumbore).
7 Black Carbon and Thermally Altered (Pyrogenic) Organic Matter:Chemical Characteristics and the Role in the Environment (H.Knicker).
8 Biological Activities of Humic Substances (S. Nardi, P.Carletti, D. Pizzeghello, and A.Muscolo).
9 Role of Humic Substances in the Rhizosphere (R. Pinton., S.Cesco, and Z. Varanini).
10 Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Natural Environments (F.H. Frimmel, and G. Abbt-Braun).
12 Natural Organic Matter in Atmospheric Particles (A. daCosta Duarte and R. M. B. Oliveira Duarte).
13 Separation Technology as a Powerful Tool for UnfoldingMolecular Complexity of Natural Organic Matter and Humic Substances(I. V. Perminova, A. I. Konstantinov, E. V. Kunenkov, A. Gaspar,P. Schmitt-Kopplin, N. Hertkorn, N. A. Kulikova and K.Hatfield)
14 Analytical Pyrolysis and Soft-Ionization Mass Spectrometry(P. Leinweber, G. Jandl, K-U Eckhardt, H-Rolf Schulten, A.Schlichting, and D. Hofmann).
15 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Natural Organic Matter(A. J. Simpson and M. J. Simpson).
16 EPR, FTIR, Raman, UV-visible Absorption and FluorescenceSpectroscopies in Studies of NOM (L. Martin-Neto, D. M. B. P.Milori, W. T. L. Da Silva and M.L. Simões).
17 Synchrotron-Based Near-Edge X-Ray Spectroscopy of NOM inSoils and Sediments (J. Lehmann, D. Solomon, J. Brandes, H.Fleckenstein, C. Jacobson, and J. Thieme).
18 Thermal Analysis for Advanced Characterization of NaturalNonliving Organic Materials (E. J. Leboeuf and L.Zhang).
Index