Mass spectrometry of soils
This well-integrated, single-source reference - the first work of its kind on the subject - provides detailed coverage of the applications of proven spectrometric techniques in soil science and presents analytical approaches important in the study of pool sizes and flux rates of nutrients; soil organic matter structure and function; and the coevolution of soils, plant communities, and climate. Offering highly interdisciplinary perspectives from soil science, ecology, geology, chemistry, biogeochemistry, agronomy, and physics, Mass Spectrometry of Soil describes the uses of gas isotope ratio mass spectrometry in soil science...explains accelerator, thermal ionization, organic, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry...furnishes theory, methodology, and examples...introduces new methods and results not previously published...shows how spectrometric techniques supply detailed information on pedogenesis...and more. Containing nearly 1200 bibliographic citations, figures, and equations, Mass Spectrometry of Soils is a practical resource for soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists, analytical chemists and biogeochemists, crop scientists, hydrologists, archeologists, and graduate and continuing-education students in these disciplines
Print Book, English, ©1996
M. Dekker, New York, ©1996