TY - BOOK AU - Maurice,Patricia A. TI - Environmental surfaces and interfaces from the nanoscale to the global scale SN - 9780470400364 (cloth) PY - 2009/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley KW - Surface chemistry KW - Environmental chemistry N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-436) and index; Some fundamental chemical thermodynamic and kinetic concepts -- The hydrologic cycle as context for environmental surfaces and interfaces -- Some minerals of special interest to environmental surface chemistry -- Some key techniques for investigating surfaces and interfaces -- Surfaces and interfaces -- The charged interface and surface complexation -- Sorption: inorganic cations and anions -- Sorption: organic compounds -- Mineral nucleation and growth -- Mineral weathering and dissolution -- Plants as environmental surfaces -- Microorganisms as environmental surfaces -- Environmental nanoscience and nanotechnology -- The big picture: interface processes and the environment ER -