Front matter -- FROM THE SERIES EDITOR. PREFACE / Rosso, Jodi J. / Henderson, Grant S. / Neuville, Daniel R. / Downs, Robert T. -- Table of contents -- 1. Modern X-ray Diffraction Methods in Mineralogy and Geosciences / Lavina, Barbara / Dera, Przemyslaw / Downs, Robert T. -- 2. Fundamentals of XAFS / Newville, Matthew -- 3. X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) Spectroscopy / Henderson, Grant S. / Groot, Frank M.F. de / Moulton, Benjamin J.A. -- 4. Probing of Pressure-Induced Bonding Transitions in Crystalline and Amorphous Earth Materials: Insights from X-ray Raman Scattering at High Pressure / Lee, Sung Keun / Eng, Peter J. / Mao, Ho-kwang -- 5. Luminescence Spectroscopy / Waychunas, Glenn A. -- 6. Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy / Brydson, Rik / Brown, Andy / Benning, Liane G. / Livi, Ken -- 7. High Resolution Core- and Valence-Level XPS Studies of the Properties (Structural, Chemical and Bonding) of Silicate Minerals and Glasses / Nesbitt, H.W. / Bancroft, G.M. -- 8. Analysis of Mineral Surfaces by Atomic Force Microscopy / Jupille, Jacques -- 9. Optical Spectroscopy / Rossman, George R. -- 10. Spectroscopy from Space / Clark, Roger N. / Swayze, Gregg A / Carlson, Robert / Grundy, Will / Noll, Keith -- 11. SR-FTIR Microscopy and FTIR Imaging in the Earth Sciences / Ventura, Giancarlo Della / Marcelli, Augusto / Bellatreccia, Fabio -- 12. Carryover of Sampling Errors and Other Problems in Far-Infrared to Far-Ultraviolet Spectra to Associated Applications / Hofmeister, Anne M. -- 13. Advances in Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Earth and Material Sciences / Neuville, Daniel R. / Ligny, Dominique de / Henderson, Grant S. -- 14. Brillouin Scattering and its Application in Geosciences / Speziale, Sergio / Marquardt, Hauke / Duffy, Thomas S. -- 15. NMR Spectroscopy of Inorganic Earth Materials / Stebbins, Jonathan F. / Xue, Xianyu -- 16. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Basic Principles, Experimental Techniques and Applications to Earth and Planetary Sciences / Pan, Yuanming / Nilges, Mark J. -- 17. Theoretical Approaches to Structure and Spectroscopy of Earth Materials / Jahn, Sandro / Kowalski, Piotr M. -- 18. High-pressure Apparatus Integrated with Synchrotron Radiation / Shen, Guoyin / Wang, Yanbin -- 19. In situ High-Temperature Experiments / Neuville, Daniel R. / Hennet, Louis / Florian, Pierre / Ligny, Dominique de |