Front cover: The title page reflects the JSS's new three-area structure in Soils and Sediments, bridged and melted by the Intercompartmental area. The three areas are chaired by an Editor-in-Chief each: Soils – ZHIHONG XU, Sediments – ULRICH FÖRSTNER, Intercompartment – WIM SALOMONS (see also the back cover that illustrates this trilogy as well). --
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