Handbook of Soil Science - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0849331366 ISBN 13: 9780849331367

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 1999

Riassunto

The Handbook of Soil Science provides a resource rich in data that gives professional soil scientists, agronomists, engineers, ecologists, biologists, naturalists, and their students a handy reference about the discipline of soil science. This handbook serves professionals seeking specific, factual reference information. Each subsection includes a description of concepts and theories; definitions; approaches; methodologies and procedures; tabular data; figures; and extensive references.

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Contenuti

Soil Physics, A.W. Warrick
Physical Properties of Primary Particles
Dynamic Properties of Soils
Soil Water Content and Water Potential Relationships
Soil Water Movement
Energy and Water Balances at Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces
Solute Transport
Soil Structure
Soil Gas Movement in Unsaturated Systems
Soil Spatial Variability

Soil Chemistry, P.M. Huang
The Chemical Composition of Soils
Soil Organic Matter
The Soil Solution
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Soil Chemical Reactions
Redox Phenomena
Soil Colloidal Behavior
Ion Exchange Pehnomena
Chemisorption and Precipitation Reactions
Abiotic Catalysis
Soil pH and pH Buffering

Soil Biology and Biochemistry, E.A. Paul
Microbiota
Soil Fauna
Microbially Mediated Processes
Nitrogen Transformations

Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, E.J. Kamprath
Bioavailability of Major Essential Nutrients
Bioavailability of Micronutrients
Nutrient Interactions in Soil and Plant Nutrition
Soil Fertility Evaluation
Fundamentals of Fertilizer Application
Nutrient and Water Use Efficiency

Pedology, L.P. Wilding
Geomorphology of Soil Landscapes
Pedogenic Processes
Pedological Modeling
Soil Taxonomy
Other Systems of Soil Classification
Classification of Soils
Land Evaluation for Landscape Units

Soil Mineralogy, J.W. Stucki
The Alteration and Formation of Soil Minerals by Weathering
Phyllosilicates
Oxide Minerals
Poorly Crystalline Aluminosilicate Clays

Interdiscipinary Aspects of Soil Science, I. Shainberg
Salinity
Sodicity
Hardsetting Soils
Biogeochemistry of Wetlands
Acid Sulfate Soils
Soils and Environmental Quality
Water Erosion
Wind Erosion
Land Application of Wastes
Conservation Tillage
Soil Quality

Soil Databases, M. F. Baumgardner
From the Soil Map of the World to the Digital Global Soil and Terrain Database: 1960-2002
SOTER: The World Soils and Terrain Database
Development of a 0.5° by 0.5° Resolution Global Database
The Canadian Soil Database
United States Soil Survey Database
The Use of Soil Databases in Resource Assessments

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0849331366
• ISBN 13: 9780849331367
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 2148
• Redattore: Sumner Malcolm E.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile