• Geology and chemistry at the surface.- Elements in solution.- Weathering: the initial transition to surface materials and the beginning of surface geochemistry.- Soils: Retention and movement of elements at the interface.- Transport: water and wind.- Sediments.

"Bauer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) and Velde (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris) primarily focus on the interface between the atmosphere and the lithosphere. ... the book concentrates on soil processes and relates them to reactivity, transport, and deposition. The book is appropriate for graduate students and researchers interested in specific information about this critical zone. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty." (N. W. Hinman, Choice, Vol. 52 (12), August, 2015)

• Geology and chemistry at the surface.- Elements in solution.- Weathering: the initial transition to surface materials and the beginning of surface geochemistry.- Soils: Retention and movement of elements at the interface.- Transport: water and wind.- Sediments.

"Bauer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) and Velde (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris) primarily focus on the interface between the atmosphere and the lithosphere. ... the book concentrates on soil processes and relates them to reactivity, transport, and deposition. The book is appropriate for graduate students and researchers interested in specific information about this critical zone. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty." (N. W. Hinman, Choice, Vol. 52 (12), August, 2015)

• Geology and chemistry at the surface.- Elements in solution.- Weathering: the initial transition to surface materials and the beginning of surface geochemistry.- Soils: Retention and movement of elements at the interface.- Transport: water and wind.- Sediments.

"Bauer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) and Velde (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris) primarily focus on the interface between the atmosphere and the lithosphere. ... the book concentrates on soil processes and relates them to reactivity, transport, and deposition. The book is appropriate for graduate students and researchers interested in specific information about this critical zone. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty." (N. W. Hinman, Choice, Vol. 52 (12), August, 2015)