Soils : genesis and geomorphology /
"In its first edition, Soils established itself as the leading textbook in the fields of pedology and soil geomorphology. Expanded and fully updated, this second edition maintains its highly organized and readable style. Suitable as a textbook and a research-grade reference, the book's int...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Building Blocks of Soils: 1. Introduction; 2. Basic concepts: soil morphology; 3. Basic concepts: soil horizonation... the alphabet of soils; 4. Basic concepts: soil mineralogy; 5. Basic concepts: soil chemistry; 6. Basic concepts: soil physics; 7. Basic concepts: soil organisms; 8. Soil classification and mapping; 9. Weathering; Part II. Soil Genesis: From Parent Material to Soil: 10. Soil parent materials; 11. Pedoturbation; 12. Models and concepts of soil formation; 13. Soil genesis and profile differentiation; Part III. Soil Geomorphology: 14. Soil geomorphology and hydrology; 15. Soil development and surface exposure dating; 16. Soils, paleosols, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction; 17. Conclusions.