Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Simulating liquid water near mineral surfaces : current methods and limitations / David J. Mulla -- Behavior of water on the surface of kaolin minerals / R.F. Giese Jr. and P.M. Costanzo -- Reactions at the oxide-solution interface : chemical and electrostatic models / John C. Westall -- Surface potential-pH characteristics in the theory of the oxide-electrolyte interface / Luc Bousse and J.D. Meindl -- Free energies of electrical double layers at the oxide-solution interface / Derek Y.C. Chan -- Mechanism of lead ion adsorption at the goethite-water interface / Kim F. Hayes and James O. Leckie -- Characterization of anion binding on goethite using titration calorimetry and cylindrical internal reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy / W.A. Zeltner [and others] -- Macroscopic partitioning coefficients for metal ion adsorption : proton stoichiometry at variable pH and adsorption density / Bruce D. Honeyman and James O. Leckie -- Sorption of hydrophobic organic compounds by sediments / Gary P. Curtis, Martin Reinhard, and Paul V. Roberts -- Distinguishing adsorption from surface precipitation / Garrison Sposito -- Adsorption-desorption kinetics at the metal-oxide-solution interface studied by relaxation methods / Tatsuya Yasunaga and Tetsuya Ikeda -- Highly selective ion exchange in clay minerals and zeolites / A. Maes and A. Cremers -- Potassium fixation in smectite by wetting and drying / Dennis D. Eberl, Jan âSrodoân, and H. Roy Northrop -- Potassium-calcium exchange equilibria in aluminosilicate minerals and soils / Keith W.T. Goulding -- Adsorption of metal ions and complexes on aluminosilicate minerals / B.A. Goodman -- Paramagnetic probes of layer silicate surfaces / Murray B. McBride -- Applications of surface techniques to chemical bonding studies of minerals / Dale L. Perry -- In situ Mèossbauer studies of metal oxide-aqueous solution interfaces with adsorbed cobalt-57 and antimony-119 ions / F. Ambe [and others] -- Photoredox chemistry of colloidal metal oxides / T. David Waite -- Adsorption of organic reductants and subsequent electron transfer on metal oxide surfaces / Alan T. Stone -- Abiotic organic reactions at mineral surfaces / Evangelos A. Voudrias and Martin Reinhard -- Mn(II) oxidation in the presence of lepidocrocite: the influence of other ions / Simon H.R. Davies -- Interaction of Co(II) and Co(III) complexes on synthetic birnessite : surface characterization / John G. Dillard and Catherine V. Schenck -- Ionic solid solutions in contact with aqueous solutions / Ferdinand C.M. Driessens -- Approach to equilibrium in solid solution-aqueous solution systems : the KCl-KBr-Hb2sO system at 25ÀC / L. Niel Plummer -- Modes of coprecipitation of Bap2s and Srp2+s with calcite / Nicholas E. Pingitore Jr. -- Near-surface alkali diffusion into glassy and crystalline silicates at 25ÀC to 100ÀC / Art F. White and Andy Yee -- Mechanisms and rate laws in electrolyte crystal growth from aqueous solution / Arne E. Nielsen -- Influence of surface area, surface characteristics, and solution composition on feldspar weathering rates / Michael Anthony Velbel -- Dislocation etch pits in quartz / S.L. Brantley [and others] -- The growth of calcium phosphates / S.J. Zawacki [and others].