Soil Formation deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of
soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical,
biological, and physical processes. The starting point of the text
is the process - and not soil classification. Effects of weathering
and new formation of minerals, mobilisation, transport, and
breakdown or immobilisation of dissolved and suspended compounds
are discussed. Soil processes and profiles are discussed in
relation to the landscape, the geosphere, and the biosphere.
Emphasis lies on the universality of soil-forming processes in past
and present, and on the soil as a dynamic entity that forms part of
the total environment.
Complexity of genetic processes in time and space is given much
attention. The text gives many examples from literature and places
some in a new light. The reader is guided through the subject
matter by a large number of questions and problems to help
understand and synthesis the material. Answers to all questions are
included. This second edition has been updated to reflect recent
discoveries. Printing errors have been corrected, and new
photographs support the text.
"Working through the questions and problems in this book would
provide a rigorous training for any advanced pedology graduate
student (and for many pedology professors as well)."
(David J. Brown, Montana State University, Soil Science Vol. 169
No. 4)
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