Soil genesis and classification /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2011.
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| Edition: | 6th ed. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Colour Plates
- Introduction
- Morphology and Composition of Soils
- Soil-Forming Factors: Soil as a Component of Ecosystems
- Soil Materials and Weathering
- Soil-Forming Processes
- Modern Soil Classification Systems
- U.S. Soil Taxonomy
- Alfisols: High Base Status Soils with Finer-Textured Subsoil Horizons
- Andisols: Soils with Andic Soil Properties
- Aridisols: Soils of Dry Regions
- Entisols: Recently Formed Soils
- Gelisols: Very Cold Soils
- Histosols: Organic Soils
- Inceptisols: Embryonic Soils with Few Diagnostic Features
- Mollisols: Grassland Soils of Steppes and Prairies
- Oxisols: Low Activity Soils
- Spodosols: Soils with Subsoil Accumulations of Humus and Sesquioxides
- Ultisols: Low Base Status Soils with Finer-Textured Subsoil Horizons
- Vertisols: Shrinking and Swelling Dark Clay Soils
- Spatial Arrangement of Soils: Soilscapes and Map Units
- Interpretations of Soil Surveys and Technical Soil Classification
- Bibliography
- Index
- Keep Up with Critical Fields.