1. Analysis of Rates of Geochemical Reactions / Susan L. Brantley and Christine F. Conrad -- 2. Transition State Theory and Molecular Orbital Calculations Applied to Rates and Reaction Mechanisms in Geochemical Kinetics / James D. Kubicki -- 3. The Mineral-Water Interface / A. Luttge and R.S. Arvidson -- 4. Kinetics of Sorption-Desorption / Jon Chorover and Mark L. Brusseau -- 5. Kinetics of Mineral Dissolution / Susan L. Brantley -- 6. Data Fitting Techniques with Applications to Mineral Dissolution Kinetics / Joel Z. Bandstra and Susan L. Brantley -- 7. Nucleation, Growth, and Aggregation of Mineral Phases: Mechanisms and Kinetic Controls / Liane G. Benning and Glenn A. Waychunas -- 8. Microbiological Controls on Geochemical Kinetics 1: Fundamentals and Case Study on Microbial Fe(III) Oxide Reduction / Eric E. Roden -- 9. Microbiological Controls on Geochemical Kinetics 2: Case Study on Microbial Oxidation of Metal Sulfide Minerals and Future Prospects / Eric E. Roden -- 10. Quantitative Approaches to Characterizing Natural Chemical Weathering Rates / Art F. White -- 11. Geochemical Kinetics and Transport / Carl I. Steefel -- 12. Isotope Geochemistry as a Tool for Deciphering Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction / Jerome Gaillardet -- 13. Kinetics of Global Geochemical Cycles / Abraham Lerman and Lingling Wu -- App. Compilation of Mineral Dissolution Rates / Joel Z. Bandstra, Heather L. Buss, Richard K. Campen, Laura J. Liermann, Joel Moore, Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Alexis K. Navarre-Sitchler, Je-Hun Jang and Susan L. Brantley.