Interactions at the soil colloid-soil solution interface / edited by G.H. Bolt, Agricultural University Wageningen, the Netherlands, M.F. De Boodt, State University of Ghent, Belgium, M.H.B. Hayes, the University of Birmingham, England, M.B. McBride, Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A., technical editor, E.B.A. De Strooper, State University of Ghent, Belgium.
About 20 years ago the emphasis in soil chemistry research switched from studies of problems related to scarcities of plant nutrients to those arising from soil pollutants. The new problems have come about because of the excessive uses of fertilizers, the inputs from farm and industrial wastes, the...
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Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Science+Business Media,
[1991]
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Series: | NATO ASI series. Applied sciences ;
no. 190. |
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Summary: | About 20 years ago the emphasis in soil chemistry research switched from studies of problems related to scarcities of plant nutrients to those arising from soil pollutants. The new problems have come about because of the excessive uses of fertilizers, the inputs from farm and industrial wastes, the widespread applications of anthropogenie xenobiotic chemicals, and the deterioration of soil structure resulting from certain modern agriculture practises. The International Society of Soil Science (ISSS) recognized these problems and challenges. A provisional Working Group was set up in 1978 to focus attention on soil colloids with a view to understanding better the interactions wh ich take place at their surfaces. It was recognized that these interactions are fundamental to problems of soil fertility, as weIl as to those of soil pollution. After the group had received the official support of ISSS at its 12th International Congress in New Delhi in 1982 it set as its priority the assembling and evaluation of information, relevant to the soil and environmental sciences, concerning the composition and structure of soil colloids. Prior to that aseries of Position Papers were published in the Bulletin of the International Society of Soil Science (Vol. 61, 1981) outlining the state of knowledge about the composition and properties of soil colloids. |
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Item Description: | "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division." "Based on the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Interactions at the Soil Colloid-Soil Solution Interface, held at the State University of Ghent, August 25-29, 1986." |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 603 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789401719094 9401719098 9048140811 9789048140817 |