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Contents Number 1 March Y. HUANG, G. EGLINTON, E. R. E. VAN DER HAGE, J. J. BOON, R. BOL & P. INESON. Dissolved organic matter and its parent organic matter in grass upland soil horizons studied by analytical pyrolysis techniques | G. GEIGER, M. P. LIVINGSTON, F. FUNK & R. SCHULIN. f-glucosidase activity in the presence of copper and goethite 17 B. T. CHRISTENSEN & J. E. OLESEN. Nitrogen mineralization potential of organomineral size separates from soils with annual straw incorporation 25 B. LEVIEL, B. GABRIELLE, E. JUSTES, B. MARY & G. GOSSE. Water and nitrate budgets in a rendzina cropped with oilseed rape receiving varying amounts of fertilizer 37 M. RIEU, R. VAZ, F. CABRERA & F. MORENO. Modelling the concentration or dilution of saline soil-water systems 53 P. M. HAYGARTH, L. HEPWORTH & S. C. JARVIS. Forms of phosphorus transfer in hydrological pathways from soil under grazed grassland 65 C. W. WATTS & A. R. DEXTER. Soil friability: theory, measurement and the effects of management and organic carbon content 73 J. M. KIRBY, M. F. O’SULLIVAN & J. T. WOOD. Estimating critical state soil mechanics parameters from constant cell volume triaxial tests 85 P. G. WEIDLER, J. LUSTER, J. SCHNEIDER, H. STICHER & A. U. GEHRING. The Rietveld method applied to the quantitative mineralogical and chemical analysis of a ferralitic soil 95 A. GOTTLEIN. Determination of free Al** in soil solutions by capillary electrophoresis 107 E. KARLTUN. Modelling SO,” surface complexation on variable charge minerals. II. Competition between SO,”, oxalate and fulvate 113 A. NISSINEN, H. ILVESNIEMI & N. TANSKANEN. Apparent cation-exchange equilibria in podzolic forest soils 121 E. MAES, B. DELVAUX & Y. THIRY. Fixation of radiocaesium in an acid brown forest soil 133 B. LOTHENBACH, R. KREBS, G. FURRER, S. K. GUPTA & R. SCHULIN. Immobilization of cadmium and zinc in soil by Al-montmorillonite and gravel sludge 141 J. BELTRAN, R. G. GERRITSE & F. HERNANDEZ. Effect of flow rate on the adsorption and desorption of glyphosate, simazine and atrazine in columns of sandy soils 149 BOOK REVIEWS 157 ERRATUM 160 Number 2 June G. W. HORGAN. Mathematical morphology for analysing soil structure from images 161 S. RUY & Y.-M. CABIDOCHE. Hydraulic conductivity of the matric porosity of an unsaturated vertisol: a field and laboratory comparison 175 Y.-M. CABIDOCHE & P. GUILLAUME. A casting method for the three-dimensional analysis of the intraprism structural pores in vertisols 187 G. PARDINI & F. GALLART. A combination of laser technology and fractals to analyse soil surface roughness 197 P. D. HALLETT, N. R. A. BIRD, A. R. DEXTER & J. P. K. SEVILLE. Investigation into the fractal scaling of the structure and strength of soil aggregates 203 G. BOUCNEAU, M. VAN MEIRVENNE, O. THAS & G. HOFMAN. Integrating properties of soil map delineations into ordinary kriging 213 K. SEKI, T. MIYAZAKI & M. NAKANO. Effects of microorganisms on hydraulic conductivity decrease in infiltration 231 I. M. YOUNG, B. S. GRIFFITHS, W. M. ROBERTSON & J. W. McNICOL. Nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans) movemeni in sand as affected by particle size, moisture and the presence of bacteria (Escherichia coli) 237 © 1998 Blackwell Science Ltd iv Volume contents E. VAN RANST, J. SHAMSHUDDIN, G. BAERT & P. K. DZWOWA. Charge characteristics in relation to free iron and organic matter of soils from Bambouto Mountains, Western Cameroon 243 J. M. MARTIN-GARCIA, G. DELGADO, J. F. PARRAGA, J. BECH & R. DELGADO. Mineral formation in micaceous Mediterranean Red soils of Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain 253 D. ARAN, M. GURY, M. ZIDA, E. JEANROY & A. J. HERBILLON. Influence de la roche-mére et du climat sur les propriétés andiques des sols en région montagnarde tempérée (Vosges, France) 269 S. G. McMILLAN & U. SCHWERTMANN. Morphological and genetic relations between siderite, calcite and goethite in a Low Moor Peat from southern Germany 283 E. F. DIIKSTRA, J. J. BOON & J. M. VAN MOURIK. Analytical pyrolysis of a soil profile under Scots pine 295 D. BERGGREN, J. MULDER & R. WESTERHOF. Prolonged leaching of mineral forest soils with dilute HCI solutions: the solubility of Al and soil organic matter 305 M. SIMONSSON & D. BERGGREN. Aluminium solubility related to secondary solid phases in upper B horizons with spodic characteristics 317 H. FLESSA, U. WILD, M. KLEMISCH & J. PFADENHAUER. Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from organic soils under agriculture 327 D. C. OLK, K. G.C ASSMAN, N. MAHIEU & E. W. RANDALL. Conserved chemical properties of young humic acid fractions in tropical lowland soil under intensive irrigated rice cropping 337 F. WANG, J. BEAR & A. SHAVIV. Modelling simultaneous release, diffusion and nitrification of ammonium in the soil surrounding a granule or nest containing ammonium fertilizer 351 REFEREES FOR THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, 1997 365 Number 3 September T. VOGT & P. LARQUE. Transformations and neoformations of clay in the cryogenic environment: examples from Transbaikalia (Siberia) and Patagonia (Argentina) 367 S. CORNU, Y. LUCAS, J. P. AMBROSI & T. DESJARDINS. Transfer of dissolved Al, Fe and Si in two Amazonian forest environments in Brazil 377 A. SINGER, U. SCHWERTMANN & J. FRIEDL. Iron oxide mineralogy of Terre Rosse and Rendzinas in relation to their moisture and temperature regimes 385 K. RAULUND-RASMUSSEN, O. K. BORGGAARD, H. C. B. HANSEN & M. OLSSON. Effect of natural organic soil solutes on weathering rates of soil minerals 397 J. LISKI, H. ILVESNIEMI, A. MAKELA & M. STARR. Model analysis of the effects of soil age, fires and harvesting on the carbon storage of boreal forest soils 407 B. VANLAUWE, J. DIELS, L. DUCHATEAU, N. SANGINGA & R. MERCKX. Mineral N dynamics in bare and cropped Leucaena leucocephala and Dactyladenia barteri alley cropping systems after the addition of '*N-labelled leaf residues 417 A. J. GUSMAN & J. L. SANZ. Soil organic matter pools in a volcanic-ash soil under fallow or cultivation with applied chicken manure 427 B. LUDWIG, J. PRENZEL & P. K. KHANNA. Modelling cations in three acid soils with differing acid input in Germany 437 D. L. JONES & D. S. BRASSINGTON. Sorption of organic acids in acid soils and its implications in the rhizosphere 447 P. SORENSEN. Carbon mineralization, nitrogen immobilization and pH change in soil after adding volatile fatty acids 457 J. WU, A. G. O’DONNELL, J. K. SYERS, M. A. ADEY & P. VITYAKON. Modelling soil organic matter changes in ley—arable rotations in sandy soils of Northeast Thailand 463 A. MILTNER, L. HAUMAIER & W. ZECH. Transformations of phosphorus during incubation of beech leaf litter in the presence of oxides 471 A. K. N. ZOYSA, P. LOGANATHAN & M. J. HEDLEY. Phosphate rock dissolution and transformation in the rhizosphere of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) compared with other plant species 477 A. HADAS, T. B. PARKIN & P. D. STAHL. Reduced CO) release from decomposing wheat straw under N-limiting conditions: simulation of carbon turnover 487 © 1998 Blackwell Science Ltd Volume contents v P. AMBUS. Nitrous oxide production by denitrification and nitrification in temperate forest, grassland and agricultural soils 495 J. M. KIRBY. Estimating critical state soil mechanics parameters from shear box tests 503 CITATIONS AND REFERENCES 513 BOOK REVIEWS 515 Number 4 December R. A. KEMP & E. DERBYSHIRE. The loess soils of China as records of climatic change 525 A. C. DORIGUETTO, A. T. GOULART, M. F. DE JESUS FILHO, J. D. FABRIS & G. P. SANTANA. Ilmenite in soil forming from a Brazilian amphibolite 541 H. J. VOGEL & K. ROTH. A new approach for determining effective soil hydraulic functions 547 J. C. FIES & A. BRUAND. Particle packing and organization of the textural porosity in clay—silt- sand mixtures 557 F. ATTOU, A. BRUAND & Y. LE BISSONNAIS. Effect of clay content and silt-clay fabric on stability of artificial aggregates 569 L. P. D’ACQUI, E. DANIELE, F. FORNASIER, L. RADAELLI & G. G. RISTORI. Interaction between clay microstructure, decomposition of plant residues and humification 579 G. BRAGATO, A. MORI & M. DE NOBILI. Capillary electrophoretic behaviour of humic substances from Sphagnum peats of various geographical origin: relation with the degree of decomposition 589 L. M. CONDRON & R. H. NEWMAN. Chemical nature of soil organic matter under grassland and recently established forest 597 K. G. J. NIEROP & P. BUURMAN. Composition of soil organic matter and its water-soluble fraction under young vegetation on drift sand, central Netherlands 605 E. J. M. TEMMINGHOFF, S. E. A. T. M. VAN DER ZEE & F. A. M. DE HAAN. Effects of dissolved organic matter on the mobility of copper in a contaminated sandy soil 617 R. J. HAYNES & P. M. FRASER. A comparison of aggregate stability and biological activity in earthworm casts and uningested soil as affected by amendment with wheat or lucerne straw 629 A. CHANZY, J. CHADOEUF, J. C. GAUDU, D. MOHRATH, G. RICHARD & L. BRUCKLER. Soil moisture monitoring at the field scale using automatic capacitance probes 637 M. J. GOSS, K. R. HOWSE, D. G. CHRISTIAN, J. A. CATT & T. J. PEPPER. Nitrate leaching: modifying the loss from mineralized organic matter 649 B. CASTRO & J. TORRENT. Phosphate sorption by calcareous Vertisols and Inceptisols as evaluated from extended P-sorption curves 661 J. PRIETZEL & C. HIRSCH. Extractability and dissolution kinetics of pure and soil-added synthesized aluminium hydroxy sulphate minerals 669 N. J. BARROW & B. R. WHELAN. Comparing the effects of pH on the sorption of metals by soil and by goethite, and on uptake by plants 683 J. O. AGBENIN. Phosphate-induced zinc retention in a tropical semi-arid soil 693 F. CONEN & K. A. SMITH. A re-examination of closed flux chamber methods for the measurement of trace gas emissions from soils to the atmosphere 701 N. HESKETH, P. C. BROOKES & T. M. ADDISCOTT. Chlordane transport in a sandy soil: effects of suspended soil material and pig slurry 709 AUTHOR INDEX 717 SUBJECT INDEX 721 © 1998 Blackwell Science Ltd